That might work... I haven't ever messed with those methods though so I don't know for sure.
When I need to get information from a widget that I have created, I have the widget create a key/value pair in SharedPreferences and have my activity retrieve it from there. AFAIK there is no way to do direct communication with a widget. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:19 AM, repole <n.rep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the quick response > > I figured the widget could store a variable that's altered on > OnEnabled(), OnDisabled(), etc, and then the app could retrieve that > variable from the widget...or would that note work? > > On May 12, 12:15 pm, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I do not believe it is possible to determine if a widget is visible, or > even > > if it is used... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > > Those who know binary and those who don't. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, repole <n.rep...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > > Very new to Android development and trying to get started on a > > > project. I am curious if it is possible for a separate application to > > > directly check to see if another widget is open/visible etc., and for > > > that separate application to send information to the widget? Apologies > > > is this should be obvious, I've tried searching for examples and not > > > really come up with anything definitive. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Repole > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow athttp:// > stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
