You guys are my heros! I've been trying to overcome this single issue
for about two hours. That's fantastic. It works beautifully. Thanks!
For the sake of posterity (and anybody else who might be trying to
solve this), here's my working code:
(the lines are long so I apologize for the crummy formatting)
public class Widget extends AppWidgetProvider
{
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
String action = intent.getAction();
if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals
(action))
{
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(
context.getPackageName(),R.layout.widget);
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse
("http://www.cnn.com";));
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE);
i.setComponent(new ComponentName
("com.android.browser",
"com.android.browser.BrowserActivity"));
PendingIntent pendingIntent =
PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, i, 0);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.Widget,
pendingIntent);
AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).updateAppWidget
(intent.getIntArrayExtra
(AppWidgetManager.
EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS),
views);
}
}
}
On Nov 11, 7:33 pm, Jason Proctor <jason.android.li...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> you can't instantiate a Uri from a string, need to use the parse()
> factory method.
>
> this is how i do it, works for me --
>
> Intent intent = new Intent ();
>
> intent.setAction ("android.intent.action.VIEW");
> intent.addCategory ("android.intent.category.BROWSABLE");
> intent.setData (Uri.parse ("http://www.cnn.com";));
>
> context.startActivity (intent);
>
> are you happy? :-)
>
> J
>
>
>
> >I am trying to create a widget that, when clicked on, launches the
> >browser and goes to a particular URL. Unfortunately, I have had a lot
> >of problems. I started with a (working) widget that, when clicked,
> >opened the alarm clock. Then, using the code from another Groups post
> >(http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/msg/
> >11e54b1df3a4d279), I tried to convert it to open the browser instead.
> >Here is my (non-working) code:
>
> >public class Widget extends AppWidgetProvider
> >{
> > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
> > {
> > String action = intent.getAction();
> > if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals(action))
> > {
>
> > RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName
> >(), R.layout.widget);
>
> > Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).addCategory
> >(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE).setComponent(new ComponentName
> >("com.android.browser", "com.android.browser.BrowserActivity"));
> > Uri url = new Uri("http://www.cnn.com";);
> > i.setData(url);
> > PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity
> >(context, 0, i, 0);
> > views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.Widget, pendingIntent);
>
> > AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).updateAppWidget
> >(intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS),
> >views);
> > }
> > }
> >}
>
> >First, I get an error when I try to create the new Uri -- "Cannot
> >instantiate the type Uri." The Groups post I've been referencing uses
> >ContentURI - a class that doesn't seem to exist. There is a class
> >called ContentURIs, but I couldn't figure out a way for that to help
> >me. The section in the dev guide on intents doesn't really say what a
> >Uri is or how to create one, and if there's no constructor I'm rather
> >befuddled.
>
> >My goal is to just launch a web browser, but I inexplicably haven't
> >found a single "Hello, Web Browser!" app anywhere. I'd be happy to
> >abandon this code and start anew or to fix whatever the problem is
> >with a Uri. If anybody has any advice to offer, I'll be the happiest
> >girl in the world. Thanks!
>
> >PS - Unless it's bad advice... then I'll be sad.
>
> >(Note: This code is a modification of the excellent alarm clock widget
> >tutorial at
> >http://nexsoftware.net/wp/2009/07/29/tutorial-creating-a-custom-analo...)
>
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