the widget is updated by a Broadcast receiver, not an activity!
On 2月3日, 上午2时07分, Samir <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am attempting to signal my widget such that it receives my new > Intent from my service > > The code I am using to send from the service is as follows: > > Intent testwidgetintent = new Intent(); > testwidgetintent.setAction > ("android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE"); > testwidgetintent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); > applicationcontext.startActivity(testwidgetintent); > > The testwidget is defined in my Android Manifest.xml as a broadcast > receiver as follows > > <receiver android:name=".testwidget"> > <intent-filter> > <action > android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" / > > </intent-filter> > <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" > android:resource="@xml/testwidget" /> > </receiver> > > From what I can understand from the android SDK online I need to > signal a new Intent with action APPWIDGET_UPDATE and then if the > receiver is correctly registered in the Android Manifest.xml then the > testwidget onUpdate() method should be called and I am not getting any > logging from this component to indicate this has happened. > > The error I get when I call applicationcontext.startActivity > (testwidgetintent) is ActivityNotFoundException. > > Does anyone have any ideas what may be going wrong, I have managed to > create a StatusBar notification with a PendingIntent to launch a new > Activity from the same method in my service so I had assumed that > signalling my appwidgetprovider might be similar? > > Thanks in advance > > Samir -- 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
