Sure, my widget changes from time-to-time but I'm just curious why that particular method is called each time the widget is updated? It seems that all calls (after the first one) to setOnClickPendingIntent () are redundant. Is that correct?
On Oct 20, 12:44 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > westmeadboy wrote: > > From examples and tutorials I've seen, this call is normally made when > > the app widget is updated. Typically, this happens when the the widget > > is added to the Home screen and then also periodically according to > > some configured time interval. > > > But is this really necessary? Isn't once (when the widget is added to > > the Home screen) enough or are there some lifecycle issues to consider? > > Well, presumably, you want to change what the widget looks like from > time to time. > > If you have a compelling widget that does not need to change, or you are > changing it based on other criteria, set your updatePeriodMillis value > in your widget metadata to 0, and I believe it will never get updated > automatically. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
