Android :: Add Widget Configuration Activity To Launcher?
Oct 17, 2010
I have a widget with a configuration activity.
Currently the configuration launches when you click on the widget.
I want to add the configuration as an app icon to the launcher.
The problem is that when the configuration launches on click, I get a specific widget id , so each widget instance can have a different configuration.
What will happen if I start the activity from the launcher?
I wont be able to show multiple configurations on the same activity.
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Sep 18, 2010
I'm having an issue with a config activity for a widget. According to the dev docs, if I specify a configuration activity than the onUpdate method of the AppWidgetProvider doesn't get called until after you request an update once you've completed the configuration activity. For me its happening in reverse, the onUpdate method of the AppWidgetProvider gets called first, followed by the configuration activity. Then the onUpdate method is never called after completion of the config activity even though I request it explicitly. I tried with level 4 and level 7 API, same result. Here is some of the source:
Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.chris.android.swidget"
android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<application android:icon="@drawable/app_icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".SWidgetConfigure">
<intent-filter> <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_CONFIGURE" />
</intent-filter> </activity>
<receiver android:name=".SWidgetProvider" android:label="@string/ widget_name">
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/swidget_info"/> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter> </receiver>
<service android:name=".service.PUpdateService" />
</application> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>
swidget_info.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <appwidget-provider
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:minWidth="294dp" android:minHeight="72dp"
android:updatePeriodMillis="86400000"
android:initialLayout="@layout/swidget_layout"
android:configure="com.chris.android.swidget.SWidgetConfigure" >
</appwidget-provider>
I can include source of the onUpdate method from the AppWidgetProvider activity and the onCreate method of the configuration activity if necessary, but they are both being called find its just the order they show up on the emulator is wrong.
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My widget launches a configuration screen when chosen to be put on screen. That works fine.
I wanted to be able to touch a part of the widget to return to that configuration screen.
I have created 2 pending intents in my widget's service but only one works. The code is below...
For the life of me i cannot understand how i can launch again the configuration activity.
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Sep 29, 2010
I'm writing a widget with a configuration activity which calls the following method when its OK button is clicked:
CODE:..............
This is almost verbatim from the documentation. widget_id holds the widget ID that was dug up during the activity's onCreate().
When I place an instance of the widget on the home screen, I've verified that I get the expected sequence of events:
onReceive() gets an ACTION_APPWIDGET_ENABLED if it's the first one.
onUpdate() gets called (in which I detect that the widget isn't configured and draw something as a default action).
The configuration activity appears.
When I press OK, the ok() method above gets called.
The method gets all the way through to the finish() and the configuration activity goes away, but there's no call to onUpdate() or onReceive() after this point. (The widget itself has no updatePeriodMillis.) I end up with a widget on the screen that has the results of my default action but never gets updated.
If I set the widget up without a configuration activity, it gets updated when created and everything works as expected (just without the configured bits).
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I'd like to report a bug we just found while writing a widget.
Summary: There is a widget installed, that defines a configuration activity. If the user changes the orientation while they are in the configuration activity, and they finish that activity in a different orientation that they started, the widget does NOT appear in the home screen after the configuration is done.
How to reproduce: have a minimal widget, with a configuration activity that contains a button, which correctly updates the App Widget when it is clicked (as explained in http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html#Confi...). Add a new instance of the widget, so the config screen shows up. Change the orientation once. Click on the button. Your widget does not appear in the home screen. (Ouch.)
If this has already been reported, or if there's a better way to submit a bug report.
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CODE:................
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CODE:................
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