It shouldn't suggest it is possible to have it called multiple times, any more than Activity.onCreate() or Service.onCreate() are. This is a common pattern in Android, so that you have a place to do your initialization after the object has been fully constructed.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Satya Komatineni <satya.komatin...@gmail.com > wrote: > As part of figuring out the new widget support in honeycomb, I am at a > loss to understand the difference between > > the constructor of a RemoteViewsFactory and its callback method > "onCreate()". > > won't they always be called one after the other? > > The fact that "oncreate()" exists, suggests that it is possible to > have "onCreate()" called multiple times for the same > RemoteViewsFactory. > > why can't I do what I need to do in "oncreate()" in the constructor itself? > > I am missing something. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > I looked at the stack widget example and also teh weather widget > example. this aspect is not clear. > > Thanks > Satya > > -- > 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 > -- 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
