Inactive widgets for Android are not updating
I am trying to implement an android app with some home / lock screen widgets! At this point, the content of the widget is fine when it is created but not updated.
Here is my MyWidgetProvider code
public class MyWidgetProvider extends AppWidgetProvider {
@Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds) {
Integer[] preferencesIds = MyPreferences.getWidgetIds(context);
Log.d(MyWidgetProvider.class.getSimpleName(), "In SP there is " + Arrays.toString(preferencesIds));
if (preferencesIds != null && preferencesIds.length > 0) {
for (int appWidgetId : preferencesIds) {
Log.i(MyWidgetProvider.class.getSimpleName(), "Update widget " + appWidgetId + " from preferences");
updateWidgetId(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId);
}
}
if (appWidgetIds != null && appWidgetIds.length > 0) {
for (int appWidgetId : appWidgetIds) {
Log.i(MyWidgetProvider.class.getSimpleName(), "Update widget " + appWidgetId + " from base");
updateWidgetId(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId);
}
}
super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds);
}
@Override
public void onDeleted(Context context, int[] appWidgetIds) {
Log.d(MyWidgetProvider.class.getSimpleName(), "Widget with id " + Arrays.toString(appWidgetIds) + "has been deleted");
for (int i = 0; i < appWidgetIds.length; i++) {
MyPreferences.removeWidgetId(context, appWidgetIds[i]);
}
super.onDeleted(context, appWidgetIds);
}
/**
* Update a widget with a specific id
*
* @param context app context
* @param appWidgetManager the widget manager
* @param appWidgetId the widget id to update
*/
private void updateWidgetId(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int appWidgetId) {
MyPreferences.addWidgetId(context, appWidgetId);
Log.d(MyWidgetProvider.class.getSimpleName(), "Widget with id " + appWidgetId + " has been updated");
RemoteViews rv = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),
R.layout.widget);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, StickyWidgetService.class);
intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,
appWidgetId);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(intent.toUri(Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME)));
rv.setRemoteAdapter(android.R.id.list, intent);
// Handle click
Intent activityIntent = new Intent(context, NotesListActivity.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, appWidgetId, activityIntent, 0);
rv.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.widget_layout, pendingIntent);
// Return
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, rv);
}
}
The idea is to keep all widget ids in general app preference, so I can update them (forcing an update with intent), for example in mine MainActivity
, I have something like
/**
* Starts an intent that force the service to wake up and update
* the widgets
*/
private void updateWidgets() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyWidgetProvider.class);
intent.setAction(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE);
// Use an array and EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS instead of AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,
// since it seems the onUpdate() is only fired on that:
int[] ids = {R.xml.widget_infos}; // As I store the ids, this is kind of useless ?
intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS, ids);
sendBroadcast(intent);
}
But the problem is that in logcat I got the right solution (3 widgets updated, it prints IDs) and only the last widget is updated on my screen.
If anyone has a clue or ... anything, that would be great because it drives me crazy: /
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In action, you can program all the IDs of the app-related widgets installed on the user's home / lock screen.
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(application);
final int[] smallAppWidgetIds = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(new ComponentName(application, SmallWidgetProvider.class));
for (int appWidgetId : smallAppWidgetIds) {
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId,
SmallWidgetProvider.buildRemoteView(application, appWidgetId, whatEverYouNeed));
}
AppWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(int, RemoteView)
needs RemoteView
, so the custom one WidgetProvider
has a static method to create this RemoteView
external running instance SmallWidgetProvider
.
Please note that calling AppWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(int, RemoteView)
will not trigger onUpdate()
your custom AppWidgetProvider
.
If you know that every widget will have the same content, you can use AppWidgetManaget.updateAppWidget(int[], RemoteView)
.
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