On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:48 AM, mexibec <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, I got an AppWidget working great, but I need it to be updated > whenever it is visible. It doesn't need to be refreshed if the user is > not looking at it. For instance, if the device is sleeping, or if it > sits on a home screen that the user is not looking at, then it needs > no update. But the second it becomes visible, it needs to be updated, > and then periodically every minute, until it's no longer visible, at > which point it doesn't need any update, and so on. > > Setting an intent SCREEN_ION does not work. I don't want to sleep an > alarm when it's not visible (especially not every minute!) Any idea > about how I can achieve this?
Update it every minute, regardless of whether it is visible. Use AlarmManager and a non-WAKEUP alarm instead of android:updatePeriodMillis if you do not want to wake up the phone. Ideally, you would allow the user to configure the update interval -- while you may think every minute is a fine answer, users may disagree. > FYI, back in the Pocket PC/Windows Mobile era, the Today screen plug- > ins had those features i.e. the plug-ins would be notified when > visible, and periodically afterwards. This is what I'm looking for > because that perfectly fits my apps requirements. This is not possible, sorry. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in London: http://bit.ly/smand1, http://bit.ly/smand2 -- 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
