It's a good idea to force developers to be smart. I have seen enough dumb applications that claim to update the widget every few minutes. Users are somehow OK WITH THIS??
However it does make developing the widget harder. I guess I need to let the app sit and read the logs later on. On Sep 22, 9:53 pm, Thote Gowda <[email protected]> wrote: > from appwidget framework source (appWidgetService.java) > > private static final int MIN_UPDATE_PERIOD = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 > minutes > > long period = p.info.updatePeriodMillis; > if (period < MIN_UPDATE_PERIOD) { > period = MIN_UPDATE_PERIOD; > > } > > // Thote Gowda G R > > On Sep 23, 12:59 am, "nEx.Software" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I don't see anything in the diffs document that indicates the > > AppWidget framework was even touched for1.6... > > > On Sep 22, 12:26 pm, BoD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ahahhh! > > > Do you have any reference on this? > > > Or can anybody on the Android team confirm this? > > > (Shouldn't this be documented somewhere?) > > > > By the way, I agree that 10 seconds was not a good idea but actually I > > > set this value to be able to test! Waiting for 30 minutes to verify > > > everything works ok is not practical ;) > > > > BoD > > > > On Sep 22, 9:08 pm, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Probably to save battery life. Updating every 10 secs could kill your > > > > customer's phone's battery life. :-) > > > > > On Sep 22, 4:27 am, Thote Gowda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Looks like there is a restriction on minimum update period (30 min) > > > > > in donut. > > > > > > // Thote Gowda > > > > > > On Sep 22, 1:18 pm, BoD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for the replies. > > > > > > I"ll try to make a canonical (as simple as possible)Widgetproject > > > > > > and start from here. > > > > > > > BoD > > > > > > > On Sep 22, 2:19 am, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have awidgetthat updates every hour and is working fine. > > > > > > > > However does anyone else have the problem that on install on a1.6 > > > > > > > system that their app asks for permission to phone calls and > > > > > > > storage? > > > > > > > Not a problem in 1.5, but even "Hello World" asks for it > > > > > > > on1.6roms. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sep 20, 4:15 pm, BoD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I'm developing aWidgetthat updates every 10 seconds > > > > > > > > (android:updatePeriodMillis="10000"). > > > > > > > > On the 1.5 emulator, as well as on my adp1, it works as > > > > > > > > expected. > > > > > > > > On the1.6emulator, my widgets are not updated. Apparently, > > > > > > > > AppWidgetProvider.onUpdate(...) is never called. > > > > > > > > > Is there something I missed? > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > > > > > > BoD- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
