Kostya, How can it be transient? Doesn't the instance have to remain in existence for as long as the AppWidget exists on the Home Screen? Clearly, I can do as you suggest; I'd just like to understand why it's necessary.
Thanks. ...Jake >>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> writes: KV> Jake, KV> AppWidgetProviders are transient, you can't store any data in KV> these objects. They are created by Android as necessary and are KV> destroyed, from what I see with my widgets, quite aggressively. KV> Canceling an alarm doesn't require the same Java object you used KV> to set an alarm. KV> Just create another PendingIntent with the same values, and call KV> cancel() with this new object. KV> This will remove the need for storing data in AppWidgetProvider KV> instance variables, which you can't do. KV> -- Kostya KV> 15.07.2010 19:53, Jake Colman пишет: >> My AppWidget's onEnabled method creates two PendingIntents. The >> first is to get location updates and the second is for an >> ELAPSED_REALTIME alarm. The two PendingIntents are declared as >> private class-level variables so that I can access them later from >> different methods (obviously). I'm having trouble canceling these >> PendingIntents and it looks like its because the variable has >> become null. In the case of location updates, I crash when I >> execute LocationManager.removeUpdates. In the case of the alarm, >> I do not crash but the alarm is not canceled. I tried putting my >> cancel code in onDisabled and onDeleted (not at the same time) but >> it didn't work. Any suggestions? >> >> My code looks as follows: >> >> public void onDeleted(Context context, int[] AppWidgetIds) { >> >> Log.d("ZMAppWidget", "onDeleted"); >> >> // cancel location updates >> LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) context >> .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); >> lm.removeUpdates(piLocation); >> >> // cancel the alarm used to update the time >> AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context >> .getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE); >> alarms.cancel(piAlarm); >> >> } >> >> Thanks. >> >> KV> -- KV> Kostya Vasilev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- KV> http://kmansoft.wordpress.com KV> -- KV> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google KV> Groups "Android Beginners" group. KV> NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at KV> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android KV> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to KV> [email protected] KV> For more options, visit this group at KV> http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 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
