On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:56 PM, b_t <bartata...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm, so there is no possibility to display "real-time" information in > a widget? For example a compass widget? >
Correct, app widgets are not intended to be continually refreshing. > What is an acceptable refresh rate? > Less is better. For polling, I'd suggest 15 minutes. Many times you would be better off doing something push-based, however, such as how gmail gets pushes when there is new mail, causing it to sync, and update any widget as part of that process. > And the main question, why does the alarmmanager send alarms in sleep > mode > when I use RTC instead of RTC_WAKEUP? > Because something is still keeping the CPU running. Note the use of the word "asleep" in the documentation here is somewhat misleading -- it is not talking about the screen being off, but the actual CPU being asleep. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
