skink wrote: > hi, > > my custom AppWidgetProvider has onUpdate method where i have logic to > update RemoteViews > > it is not periodically updated by system, but rather, i'd like to > trigger onUpdate if something happens (in one of my app Activities). > both custom AppWidgetProvider and Activities i'd like to trigger > update from run with the same UID > > i tried some AppWidgetManager's methods, but no luck, finally i ended > with really weird solution: i'm sending broadcast with action > ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE and extras EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS which i got > from AppWidgetManager > > is it a common way of updating AppWidgetProvider?
You could also just send a broadcast to the provider directly, via the component-name version of the Intent constructor. Look for a null action, or some extra you package in, or something to tell it is your own custom Intent, then do the update work. For example, I have a Twitter widget that has a refresh button using this technique: http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/AppWidget/TwitterWidget/ -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Germany, 18-22 January 2010: http://bignerdranch.com -- 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
