>>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> writes:
KV> 2011/4/2 Jake Colman <[email protected]> >> Kostya, >> >> Thanks for the detailed reply. >> >> For those events that are shared by the two receivers, what >> happens if only one sized widget is actually on the home screen? >> The system sends the event and it is still processed by "unused" >> broadcast receiver even though its widget is not instantiated? >> That's the behavior I am seeing and it sounds like you see the >> same. >> KV> For anything other than onUpdate - widgets are built on top of KV> the broadcast receiver mechanism, they make use of how receivers KV> work, but don't change that. KV> That mechanism doesn't know that there are no widgets of a KV> particular size on the screen, it just sends those events to all KV> receivers that have matching intent filters. It doesn't even know KV> (I think) that those receivers are actually widgets. The home KV> screen app does, but not the intent dispatcher. KV> If there are 1337 of those, then all will be invoked. I think KV> it's a safe guess that with 1338 it works the same way :) >> >> With regard to your statement "Multiple broadcasts haven't been a >> problem with my setup, because my code double checks widget Ids >> against my own known widget Id list for that particular widget >> size", you still get the multiple broadcasts but you are smart >> enough to ignore them? >> KV> Yes. I have to track widget Ids on my own, because there is a KV> fairly well known problem with "stale" ("ghost") widget Ids. KV> I posted this before, here is my setup: KV> http://kmansoft.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/per-widget-options-stale-widgets/ Very interesting blog post. Thanks. I'll continue fleshing out my code and see what else I stumble over. Chances are this thread will continue! -- Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer -- 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
