On Oct 24, 12:58 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Disretrospect wrote: > > Mark Murphy wrote: > >> You cannot get TIME_TICK via a manifest-registered receiver. It has to > >> be a receiver registered via Java code. > > > Still possible though, register your receiver from your config > > activity or through a service started from onEnabled? > > Not from the config activity, since the activity will go away as soon as > the configuration is done.
And not from onEnabled either, because the app widget provider is a BroadcastReceiver, and that's not allowed: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#registerReceiver(android.content.BroadcastReceiver, android.content.IntentFilter) > And keeping a service around to receive a once-per-minute TIMER_TICK is > bad for business. You want to not keep processes around any more than > necessary. Also very true, but less applicable in my case because the widget in question is a clock, which the user wants to update once a minute. > Frankly, IMHO, any user who installs a "task killer" app deserves > whatever instabilities they get. I absolutely agree in principle, but unfortunately it's the widget devs who take the heat. The user sees the widget stop updating, and immediately trash-talks it in Market comments. > Is there an issue inhttp://b.android.comabout the AlarmManager/task > killer problem? There is now: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4354 Please star if you agree that this is a problem, and add additional comments if you feel my description could use clarification - I'm not qualified to describe the issue at a platform level. String --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
