Got it, thanks! On Jan 14, 8:27 am, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > [see below] > > 2011/1/14 John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> > > > > There is no onUpdate on configuration changes. The home screen recreates > > > your widget, then takes the most recent RemoteViews and applies it to the > > > widget. > > > I figured that it was recreating the Widget on rotation. The problem > > is, I don't seem to be getting any messages to that effect, and have > > no way (that I can see) of re-establishing the connection. How can I > > determine that a rotate has happened and set up a new onClick > > connection? > > Like I said, you don't (determine or respond to an orientation change). > > What you do, is make sure that every time your code pushes a RemoteViews > object into the home application for your widget, it's complete in all > respects: > > - Has image resource ids; > - Has text stings; > - Has pending intents. > > Don't do "incremental" widget updates, like you would do with a regular > activity - don't set the intents first, then the images, then the text > reflecting current information. > > The home app runs as a separate process, and its state can get out-of-step > with your widget receiver. When it does, the only thing it has for > re-creating your widget is your most recent RemoteViews object. If it's > complete, and has all the parts, everything will work just fine. If it only > has the most recent text or image change, the earlier updates which had the > intents will be lost. > > http://kmansoft.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/widgets-and-orientation-chan... > > -- Kostya > > > Thanks > > > On Jan 14, 1:28 am, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Each and every update you push to the wigdget with RemoteViews has to > > have > > > complete widget state, including all images, text, and pending intents. > > > > There is no onUpdate on configuration changes. The home screen recreates > > > your widget, then takes the most recent RemoteViews and applies it to the > > > widget. > > > > If your codes tries to update the widget incrementally, piece-by-piece, > > with > > > one RemoteViews specifying the intent, and another, repeated, update > > setting > > > some changing information, then you end up with the most recent > > RemoteViews > > > only having your changing text, but no PendingIntent. > > > > This is very much unlike how Activities work, where the entire view > > > hierarchy is kept in memory for as long as the activity is on the screen > > > (and maybe longer). > > > > -- Kostya > > > > 2011/1/14 Anbu <anbu.ezhi...@gmail.com> > > > > > It is because, the widget becomes unresponsive when the display mode > > > > is changed from portrait to landscape. I had the same issue and I what > > > > I had done is for every RemoteView update I had send all the > > > > pendingintent to make it work > > > > > On Jan 14, 4:26 pm, John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> wrote: > > > > > I have an App Widget on the Home screen which works fine until the > > > > > screen is auto-rotated. At that point, the onClick connection (set > > up > > > > > via a call to setOnClickPendingIntent) is lost. The only way I seem > > > > > to be able to get it back is to delete the Widget from the Home > > screen > > > > > and then add it back. Is there some kind of message that tells me > > > > > that the screen has rotated that I need to respond to (and > > reestablish > > > > > the connection)? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > -- > > > > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
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