Search for Gmail.java on Google Code Search and you'll find the provider. Should be easy enough to do what you want from there.
That's how I made http://alexanderblom.se/gmail-unread-count/ On Jan 27, 6:23 pm, zehunter <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm also interesting about using Gmail APK (maybe lauching activity > with parameter...) or to access to Gmail and Google login service with > some API or class... > > any idea? > > On Dec 9 2009, 12:51 pm, Christoph <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hello Forum, > > > most other smart phones display the unread email count as a small > > number in the lower right hand corner of the email application icon. I > > like that. After realizing that this is not supported by theGMail > > app, I started looking around the market for a widget that achieves > > this. All I found was a commercial widget, which did not satisfy me > > (the count did not get instantly updated when the unread mail count > > changed). > > > Therefore I want to develop a widget, which accomplishes exactly that. > > > Many of you probably have more experience in android development than > > I do, so I would be happy to hear your opinions. > > > I see two ways to realize this: > > > 1) Somehow hook into a content provider of theGMailapp and extract > > the unread mail count directly from there. Unfortunately theGMailapp > > is not part of the SDK and closed source. Therefore I have no idea how > > to find out about the internal workings of the app and how to extract > > the unread mail count directly from there. > > > 2) The second approach is much more indirect and has more overhead, > > but it will work nevertheless. I will let the user provide google > > username and password and log into the google imap server directly and > > find out how many unread mail there are. A port of the JavaMail > > library for the android OS should make this quite simple. The question > > remains when to update the mail count. What should trigger the update? > > A periodic time-out? Well, my first idea would be to update it when > > the widget is first started and then every time a new mail > > notification comes in. However I don't know whether this is possible. > > Can I tell my application to react to notifications, which where > > produced by another application (GMailapp in our case) ? > > > I really think there should be a free unreadgmailwidget, which > > accomplishes this! I would be happy to receive feedback. > > > Cheers, > > > Christoph -- 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
