You could use SharedPreferences... I have a Widget that displays multiple "pages" of info to the user. I use the SharedPreferences class to store what page I am currently displaying, so that when the Widget is updated, it knows which page to update.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a widget whose appearance will depend on information gained > from the user in the configuration activity. However, I'm uncertain > how (and in what section of code) to act on the information gained > from the user in the config. > > Here is the target functionality from the user's perspective: > > When the user creates the widget, the config activity prompts for a > string (with an EditText). The user types it in and presses the submit > button. The config activity goes away and the widget appears on the > homescreen displaying the text the user entered. When the user touches > the widget, the browser is opened and goes to a particular URL that is > determined in part by the string the user entered. > > Here is what I have implemented so far: > > The config activity lets the user enter data and happily displays it > to me as a Toast message. Then the config goes away as desired and the > widget appears with the default widget icon. If you touch the widget, > it goes to a hardcoded URL. (code below) > > My question: > > How do I "connect" the info from the config activity with the code > that displays the widget itself? If I put the user's string in a > putExtra of the intent sent in setResult(), where do I write the code > to retrieve that extra? It seems like it ought to put it somewhere in > the AppWidgetProvider code, but where? (Or is there a better way to do > it?) > > Here are the relevant portions of my code: > > ------------------------ > widget.java: > ------------------------ > public class Widget extends AppWidgetProvider > { > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) > { > String action = intent.getAction(); > if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals(action)) > { > //Toast.makeText(context, "onReceive()", > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName > (), R.layout.widget); > > Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse > ("http://www.cnn.com";)); > i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE); > i.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.android.browser", > "com.android.browser.BrowserActivity")); > PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity > (context, 0, i, 0); > views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.Widget, pendingIntent); > > AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).updateAppWidget > (intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS), > views); > } > } > } > // end of widget.java > > ------------------------------------------------ > WidgetConfiguration.java > ------------------------------------------------ > public class WidgetConfiguration extends Activity { > > EditText myEditText; > > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { > super.onCreate(icicle); > > Intent intent = new Intent(); > intent = getIntent(); > Bundle extras = intent.getExtras(); > int appWidgetId = extras.getInt > (AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID); > setResult(RESULT_CANCELED); > > // Set the view layout resource to use. > setContentView(R.layout.config); > > // Find the EditText > myEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.txt_url); > > View.OnClickListener mOnClickListener = new View.OnClickListener > () { > public void onClick(View v) { > > Intent intent = new Intent(); > intent = getIntent(); > setResult(RESULT_OK, intent); > Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), > myEditText.getText(), > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > finish(); > } > }; > > // Bind the action for the submit button. > findViewById(R.id.btn_urlSubmit).setOnClickListener > (mOnClickListener); > > // If they gave us an intent without the widget id, just bail. > if (appWidgetId == AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID) { > finish(); > } > } > } > //end of WidgetConfiguration.java > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-beginners%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
