I don't have a workaround, but I can confirm that the widget I'm developing exhibits the same problem; it seems to get added to the AppWidgetHost, continues to receive updates, but is never displayed to the user. Tom.
2009/5/26 AndroidApp <zl25dre...@gmail.com> > > Bump, anyone? > > On May 22, 9:28 pm, zl25drexel <zl25dre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear google guys, > > > > the widget framework (or the Home app) has a pretty bad bug: > > - install ApiDemo > > - long press screen/widget/ApiDemo > > - *CHANGE ORIENTATION* > > - then without changing orientation back, click ok to create the > > widget > > > > the widget will not show up, did some debugging it looks like the > > widget is added to the widget service but it's just not shown on the > > Home screen, so if a widget has a config activity and the user happens > > to change orientation during widget config time (very common if widget > > has text boxes), the widget will become a garbage that just take up > > resources until user uninstall the widget app. even worse, if the > > widget does heavy background service to update, it will be wasting > > time updating a widget that is not visible > > > > Does anyone know a work around? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
