Thanks for the example, it cleared some things up. But i'm still trying to find the right PendingIntent to attach, with no success, nothing happens. I made a service after the same model, and my line now looks like this: rv.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.widgetLeft, PendingIntent .getActivity(context, 0, new Intent(context, WidgetService.class), 0));
Nothing in the service gets launched according to the debugger... On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > > i'm having a difficult time understanding the right way to do this. To > > put it simply, i want to generate a reaction within my own widget > > (e.g. i press a button so a TextView changes) - i don't want to launch > > a separate activity. > > > > Here's some code from my onReceive function (from the widget): > > > > mRemoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.widgetLeft, whatToPutHere); > > > > R.id.widgetLeft is a button. Is there something i can put as a > > PendingIntent that would trigger that same onReceive function? Is the > > only way to do this through a separate service? > > It doesn't have to be a separate service, but it does have to be a > PendingIntent. > > If you hop out to > > http://commonsware.com/AdvAndroid/ > > and download the source code to my one book, you will find a TwitterWidget > project. As the name suggests, this puts the latest tweet in your timeline > in a widget. > > The widget also has a refresh button which, when clicked, triggers the > same behavior as when the updateTimeMillis time elapses, to get the latest > stuff from Twitter. To do that, I use a PendingIntent that raises a > broadcast Intent back to my AppWidgetProvider. That means I only have one > service rather than two. > > In my case, I cheated a bit, and used the null action as indicating a > manual refresh. > > For a more flexible solution, create a custom action that your existing > AppWidgetProvider can watch for, register it in your manifest, and process > that action when it arrives, updating your TextView. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! > > > > > > -- Teo (a.k.a. Teominator a.k.a. Teodor Filimon) site www.teodorfilimon.com | blog www.teodorfilimon.blogspot.com GMT +2 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
