>>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> writes:
KV> 3 - Each RemoteViews update needs to be self-sufficient, that is, KV> contain all the data items (setTextViewText, etc.) as well as KV> PendingIntent's. KV> Do not push separate, incremental, RemoteViews: one for text KV> views, then another for pending intents, etc. If you do, your KV> widget will stop working after a home screen orientation change KV> or if the Launcher is kicked out of memory. KV> http://kmansoft.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/widgets-and-orientation-changes/ KV> The lifetime of widget receiver does not matter here. The KV> contents of RemoteViews is saved by the launcher, and KV> PenidingIntent's are saved by "the system". KV> Finally, do not ignore onUpdate. The launcher may have its KV> reasons to rebuild the widgets, such as when the user changes the KV> phone's UI language, and maybe in other cases as well. So it *is* correct always set up the onClickPendingIntent every time I build and push update. I thought maybe I had missed something and was making a colossal error. I guess I will recode my onReceive() to actually do its work by invoking onUpdate(). This way it all works even if the system invokes onUpdate() on its own. Thanks again, Kostya, for your excellent help. This widget of mine started out as a learning exercise (I have many years of C/C++ experience but almost none with Java and none at all with Android) but one that solved a real problem. I posted the widget thinking that others might find it useful too. I now have close to 400 active users (as measured by Flurry via a once daily broadcast) and keep getting requests for enhancements. Without the help of people such as yourself (and Mark Murphy, Treking, and a few others) I never would have made it this far. Thanks! -- 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 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
