Kostya,
That makes perfect sense. It seems like a service-based update is
really the right way to go. It avoids any potential timeout issue and
is allows updating of all widgets at once.
Thanks for your help.
...Jake
>>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> writes:
KV> Jake,
KV> onUpdate is passed an explicit list of just the widget ids that
KV> need to be updated. Supposedly, there could be widgets that
KV> belong to this provider but don't need updating (e.g. on a
KV> scrolled-off home screen portion).
KV> Pushing a RemoveViews object to a paricular widget is done by
KV> calling:
KV> manager.updateAppWidget(int widgetId, updateViews);
KV> It's also possible to update all widgets that belong to a
KV> particular widget provider, and this is the approach
KV> service-based widgets take, supposedly to avoid paying service
KV> start-up costs for each widget id.
KV> In this case, a single RemoteViews is pushed to all widgets with
KV> a single call to:
KV> manager.updateAppWidget(ComponentName thisWidget, updateViews);
KV> -- Kostya
KV> 23.06.2010 18:57, Jake Colman пишет:
>> Kostya,
>>
>> Thanks. That worked like a charm.
>>
>> I noticed in sample AppWidget code that does not use a service, that it
>> iterates the appWidgetIds array so that it updates all instances of the
>> widget. However, in sample code that uses a Service, that iteration is
>> not done. Is that because it is not needed for some reason? How would
>> one update multiple instances using a service-based solution?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> ...Jake
>>
>>
>>>>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev<kmans...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
KV> Jake,
>>
KV> The error is in the way your code instantiates ComponentName.
>>
KV> Instead of:
>>
KV> ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(this,
KV> ZMUpdateService.class);
>>
KV> Do this:
>>
KV> ComponentName thisWidget = new
KV> ComponentName(this,*ZmanMinderAppWidget*.class);
>>
KV> The error message was trying to convey same thing...
>>
KV> -- Kostya
>>
KV> 23.06.2010 17:39, Jake Colman ?????:
>> >> I am trying to create a simple AppWidget using a service to
>> >> initialize
>> >> the content in the onUpdate() method. The data is not being
>> >> refreshed
>> >> and logcat shows me the following warning:
>> >>
>> >> AppWidgetService W updateAppWidgetProvider: provider doesn't exist:
>> >> ComponentInfo{com.jnc.zmanminder/com.jnc.zmanminder.ZMUpdateService}
>> >>
>> >> I must be missing something obvious but I cannot figure it out.
>> >>
>> >> My AppWidget class (edited for brevity) looks as follows:
>> >>
>> >> public class ZmanMinderAppWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
>> >> public void onUpdate(Context context,
>> >> AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
>> >> context.startService(new Intent(context, ZMUpdateService.class));
>> >> }
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> My Service class (edited for brevity) looks as follows:
>> >>
>> >> public class ZMUpdateService extends Service {
>> >> public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
>> >> RemoteViews updateViews = buildUpdate(this);
>> >> ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(this,
>> >> ZMUpdateService.class);
>> >> AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this);
>> >> manager.updateAppWidget(thisWidget, updateViews);
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
>> >> return null;
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> public RemoteViews buildUpdate(Context context) {
>> >> Time time = new Time();
>> >> time.setToNow();
>> >> RemoteViews views = new
>> >> RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),R.layout.widget);
>> >> views.setTextViewText(R.id.time, time.format("%I:%M%p"));
>> >> return views;
>> >> }
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> The ZMUpdateService service is defined in my manifest file.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help.
>> >>
>> >> ...Jake
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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