You can use the AlarmManager. Be very careful, though, you can easily make your widget a big battery hog.
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 2:14 PM, String <[email protected]>wrote: > > I'm trying to build a custom clock AppWidget, one that I can't base > off of the standard AnalogClock or DigitalClock. I'm doing my best to > keep its updates lightweight, but nonetheless, it needs to update once > a minute. The TIME_TICK broadcast action seems the obvious way to go > about it - but as the docs state, "You can not receive this through > components declared in manifests, only by exlicitly registering for it > with Context.registerReceiver()." Problem is, I can't use > Context.registerReceiver() in the AppWidget, because it's a > BroadcastReceiver itself. > > Anyone have an idea how I might get TIME_TICK in an AppWidget, or > another way to get an update each minute? I considered the > updatePeriodMillis attribute in the provider XML, but that won't let > me sync the update to the minute-changeover, it would only trigger an > update at some time during the minute. > > Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks! > > String > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
