Thanks a lot Kostya, I was not fully aware of the onEnable(), onDisable() funcionality. It works pretty well now :)
On Jun 24, 10:08 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Albert, > > 25.06.2010 0:29, Albert ?????: > > > > >> > The AppWidgetProvider is notified on every add and remove operation, > >> > along with first-add and last-remove operations. > > > I have tried that but there are scenarios in which is does not work, > > the user for example could have 2 instances of the widget and then > > delete one... > > It works, first you get APPWIDGET_DELETED for the deleted widget id, > then possibly APPWIDGET_DELETED for the other one (or APPWIDGET_UPDATE > with some new widget id). > > > > >> > Or, you can ask your AppWidgetManager getAppWidgetIds(). > > > I can definetly use this. I have played a bit with the onUpdate() and > > onDeleted() methods and I can see a new value (id) generated for each > > instance of the widget, so now I can use it to know whether I have any > > on the homescreen, thus I will not have a service running with no > > widget:) > > There are actions just for this: > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/appwidget/AppWidgetPro... > > public static final String ACTION_APPWIDGET_ENABLED > > Sent when an instance of an AppWidget is added to a host for the > first time. This broadcast is sent at boot time if there is a > AppWidgetHost installed with an instance for this provider. > See Also AppWidgetProvider.onEnabled(Context context) > > public static final String ACTION_APPWIDGET_DISABLED > > Sent when an instance of an AppWidget is removed from the last host. > See Also AppWidgetProvider.onEnabled(Context context) > > However, if your service is for just updating the widget, you can do > startService from onUpdate(), have the service update all your widgets > (using AppWidgetManager updateAppWidget (ComponentName provider, > RemoteViews views)), and exit. > > -- > Kostya Vasilev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
