Jeff, Thanks for the reply.
But is there any security implications of allowing a WebView as a RemoteViews in a widget? Webkit browser is running as a sandbox with a security model in place so I can't think of potential security issues by allowing a WebView in a widget. On Apr 21, 11:45 pm, Jeff Sharkey <jshar...@android.com> wrote: > There is a list of pre-approved Views that are allowed through > RemoteViews, mostly for security reasons, and right now WebView isn't > one of those. > > If push updates are really important, you could write the comet code > in a Service that pushes widget updates to the surface as needed. As > long as you're not pushing any bitmaps, widget updates are pretty > fast. > > However, if you're considering user interaction, you might launch a > full-screen app or dialog. > > j > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:08 PM, j <jac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Jeff, > > > Thanks for the Wkionary sample code on the Android blog. > > > I have a general question. Is it possible to set the RemoteView of > > the widget to a WebView? My goal is to push real time updates to the > > WebView via the comet technique (HTTP long polling), similar to how > > Google Talk does it on the desktop browser I suppose. > > > Do you think battery life would be significantly impacted with this > > approach? > > -- > Jeff Sharkey > jshar...@google.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
