Doing this causes my widget not to update after changing to Landscape mode... Any ideas what might be causing it?
On Nov 4, 4:02 pm, Evan Ruff <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if this is EXACTLY kosher, but I've overriden the > onRecieve method in my AppWidgetProvider to look like: > > @Override > public void onReceive( Context context, Intent intent ) > { > this.view = new RemoteViews( context.getPackageName(), > R.layout.widget ); > if (intent.getAction().equals( MY_AWESOME_CUSTOM_INTENT )) > { > // DO AWESOME STUFF HERE > } > else > { > super.onReceive( context, intent ); > } > > ComponentName me = new ComponentName( context, VAWidget.class ); > AppWidgetManager.getInstance( context ).updateAppWidget( me, > view ); > > } > > Then I just add the custom intents to the widget's intent-filter in > the manifest as usual. > > It has worked every time for me, but I'm wondering if there is a > scenario where it would not be preferable to do it this way? > > E > > On Nov 4, 1:11 pm, skink <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mark Murphy wrote: > > > skink wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > > my custom AppWidgetProvider has onUpdate method where i have logic to > > > > update RemoteViews > > > > > it is not periodically updated by system, but rather, i'd like to > > > > trigger onUpdate if something happens (in one of my app Activities). > > > > both custom AppWidgetProvider and Activities i'd like to trigger > > > > update from run with the same UID > > > > > i tried some AppWidgetManager's methods, but no luck, finally i ended > > > > with really weird solution: i'm sending broadcast with action > > > > ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE and extras EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS which i got > > > > from AppWidgetManager > > > > > is it a common way of updating AppWidgetProvider? > > > > You could also just send a broadcast to the provider directly, via the > > > component-name version of the Intent constructor. Look for a null > > > action, or some extra you package in, or something to tell it is your > > > own custom Intent, then do the update work. > > > thank you Mark, > > > this is exactly what i'm doing now - sending broadcast directly to my > > AppWidgetProvider by manually creating proper Intent and adding some > > EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS extras > > > yet my impression was that this is not the way one should do: i mean i > > thought there must be some higher level helper method to update > > AppWidgetProvider > > > pskink > > -- 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
