On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to update an AppWidget manually when a user setting > changes on the device. To do so I use code similar to this: > > ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(this, MyAppWidget.class); > AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this); > manager.updateAppWidget(thisWidget, updateViews); > > I can tell that my AppWidget onUpdate method is being called as a > result since I log some debug strings to logcat in the code. However > the AppWidget itself doesn't change on the screen. > > Here comes the interesting part: if I rotate my device and force a > refresh of the home screen (from PORTRAIT to LANDSCAPE or vice-versa) > then finally my AppWidget gets updated. However rotating the device > does not trigger the onUpdate method to be called, so the AppWidget > must be using the RemoteViews provided in the earlier update. > > Can somebody explain me what to do to force the home screen redraw of > my AppWidget when it processes an update????
The process you are using should work fine. I have used that technique for things like refresh buttons on app widgets without incident. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in London: http://skillsmatter.com/go/os-mobile-server -- 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
