Is it possible for TextView Marquee in a Widget that extends AppWidgetProvider?

I am very new to Android programming, and I have read everywhere and I can't seem to find any solution.

Basic problem is that I have a TextView in a widget and I would like the text to scroll when the text is longer than the TextView layout_width. This is my code in the layout_widget.xml

    <TextView android:id="@+id/fact" android:layout_width="200dp"
            android:text="Loading... More text to see if it spans or not and want more"
            android:singleLine="true" 
            android:ellipsize="marquee"
            android:marqueeRepeatLimit ="marquee_forever"
            android:scrollHorizontally="true"
            android:focusable="true"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="true" />

Now I read that I have to make the TextView to be on focus, which I have done. I have also read that you need to set the property setSelected(true), and this is where I am struggling to set. In my default Activity (in the AndroidManifest.xml) I have this following code.

            @Override
            public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                setContentView(R.layout.widget_layout);
                findViewById(R.id.fact).setSelected(true);
                setContentView(R.layout.main);
            }

The part below is used to set the Content to the widget_layout.xml and then set the TextView property for setSelected to true

                setContentView(R.layout.widget_layout);
                findViewById(R.id.fact).setSelected(true);

I then return the ContentView back to main.xml

Now I am guessing this is wrong and this is not the way it should be done. But I am wondering if it can be done. I also read that if you can override the Framework, you can put your own properties in, for example ScrollView, is this right as well? Also I am on SDK Versi