An android widget to display date as calendar.

DateIconWidget.java

package com.webileapps.dateiconwidget;
 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
public class DateIconWidget extends LinearLayout {
 
  private TextView monthTextView;
	private TextView dayTextView;
//	private TextView yearTextView;
	
	public DateIconWidget(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
		super(context, attrs);
		init(context);
	}
 
	public DateIconWidget(Context context) {
		super(context);
		init(context);
	}
	
	private int toPx(int dp) {
		return Math.max(1, (int)(multiplicationFactor*dp));
	}
	
	private float multiplicationFactor = 1.0f;
	
	private void init(Context context) {
		this.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
		this.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
		
		Resources r = context.getResources();
		multiplicationFactor = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 1, r.getDisplayMetrics());
	
		this.setPadding(toPx(1), toPx(1), toPx(1), toPx(2));
		
		monthTextView = new TextView(context);
		monthTextView.setLines(1);
		monthTextView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL|Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
		monthTextView.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
		monthTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
		monthTextView.setTextSize(13.f);
		monthTextView.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
		LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = 
				new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,1);
//		monthTextView.setPadding(0, 5, 0, 0);
		this.addView(monthTextView, lp);
		
		dayTextView = new TextView(context);
		dayTextView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
		dayTextView.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
		dayTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
		dayTextView.setTextSize(20.f);
		dayTextView.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
		this.addView(dayTextView, new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,0));
 
//		yearTextView = new TextView(context);
//		yearTextView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
//		yearTextView.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
//		yearTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
//		yearTextView.setTextSize(10.f);
//		this.addView(yearTextView, new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
		
		setDate(new Date());
	}
	
	@SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat")
	public void setDate(Date date) {
		SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MMM-dd");
		String formattedDate = dateFormatter.format(date);
		String[] tokens = formattedDate.split("-");
		if (tokens.length != 3) {
			return;
		}
//		yearTextView.setText();
		monthTextView.setText(tokens[1]+" '"+tokens[0]);
		dayTextView.setText(tokens[2]);
	}
	
}