That is right, I'm simply trying to see if the widget is being displayed/open from a separate application.
That said, appreciate the help as well Kostya, as my widget will eventually need some simple interaction and when I get to that point what you mentioned will certainly be helpful. On May 12, 1:02 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > *> That wouldn't work.* > Why not? > *> App widgets are stateless by design.* > > True, but depending on what you are wanting to do, you can store state using > SharedPreferences... > *> The way to implement what you want (from what I can tell) is to broadcast > > an intent when the user clicks on the widget and handle it in the > AppWidgetProvider.> To make the widget broadcast an intent when clicked, use > PendingIntent > > with a custom (defined within your app) action string, and attach it to the > view with RemoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent.* > > Correct, if you ware wanting to do stuff based on clicks on the widget, but > that doesn't seem to be what he wants/needs to do... He just wants to know > if a widget is being displayed/used... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:51 AM, repole <n.rep...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For anyone else interested/reading this later, googling "key value > > pair in SharedPreferences" led me to > >http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html, > > which had a bunch of the information I was looking for. > > > Thanks for being so helpful/quick to respond Justin. > > > On May 12, 12:24 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That might work... I haven't ever messed with those methods though so I > > > don't know for sure. > > > > When I need to get information from a widget that I have created, I have > > the > > > widget create a key/value pair in SharedPreferences and have my activity > > > retrieve it from there. AFAIK there is no way to do direct communication > > > with a widget. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > > > Those who know binary and those who don't. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:19 AM, repole <n.rep...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the quick response > > > > > I figured the widget could store a variable that's altered on > > > > OnEnabled(), OnDisabled(), etc, and then the app could retrieve that > > > > variable from the widget...or would that note work? > > > > > On May 12, 12:15 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I do not believe it is possible to determine if a widget is visible, > > or > > > > even > > > > > if it is used... > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > > > > > Those who know binary and those who don't. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, repole <n.rep...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > Very new to Android development and trying to get started on a > > > > > > project. 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