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Multiple widgets giving same appWidgetId on click on each widgets

I need to create Widgets in my android app similar work flow of contact widgets in android. But the problem facing is if there are n widgets of the same application each widgets have different functionality. how to differentiate the button click on each widgets.?
public class MyWidgetActivity extends AppWidgetProvider {
private static final String MyOnClick = "myOnClickTag";
static void updateAppWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int appWidgetId) {
CharSequence widgetText = MyWidgetActivityConfigureActivity.loadTitlePref(context, appWidgetId);
// Construct the RemoteViews object
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.simple_widget);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.appwidget_text, widgetText);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.actionButton, getPendingSelfIntent(context, MyOnClick,views.getLayoutId()));
// Instruct the widget manager to update the widget
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
}
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
// There may be multiple widgets active, so update all of them
for (int appWidgetId : appWidgetIds) {
updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId);
// Tell the AppWidgetManager to perform an update on the current app
// widget
}
}
#Override
public void onDeleted(Context context, int[] appWidgetIds) {
// When the user deletes the widget, delete the preference associated with it.
for (int appWidgetId : appWidgetIds) {
MyWidgetActivityConfigureActivity.deleteTitlePref(context, appWidgetId);
}
}
#Override
public void onEnabled(Context context) {
// Enter relevant functionality for when the first widget is created
}
#Override
public void onDisabled(Context context) {
// Enter relevant functionality for when the last widget is disabled
}
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
super.onReceive(context, intent);
if (MyOnClick.equals(intent.getAction()))
{
int appWidgetId = intent.getIntExtra(EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,0);
Log.e("KOKOKOKO :: ",""+appWidgetId);
MyWidgetActivityConfigureActivity.loadIdPrefCallQuick(context,appWidgetId);
//your onClick action is here
Toast.makeText(context,"Quick Action Triggered",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}
static PendingIntent getPendingSelfIntent(Context context, String action, int appWidgtId)
{
// if we brodcast than definetly we have to define ONRECEIVE
Intent intent = new Intent(context, MyWidgetActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,appWidgtId);
intent.setAction(action);
return PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
}
}

Instead of this code (static PendingIntent getPendingSelfIntent) :
return PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
You should do this :
return PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, appWidgtId, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
This way you should get unique intent and also unique appWidgtId.
It is important to set requestCode (2nd attribute of getBroadcast), so it wouldn't conflict.

Android widget avoid updating

I am building a static android widget, which means the widget doesn't need to be updated at all. The only thing that widget need to handle is open link from browser when it is triggered.
In the AppWidgetProviderInfo Metadata xml file, there is one attribute called "updatePeriodMillis", and should I set any value there? or just don't add this attribute?
Thanks

Why not just override onUpdate() in your AppWidgetProvider class and have it do nothing.
public class MyWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
//do nothing
}
}

in your widgetprovider file write this method:
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
ComponentName thisAppWidget = new ComponentName(context.getPackageName(), getClass().getName());
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
int ids[] = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(thisAppWidget);
int idd[];
idd = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(thisAppWidget);
// call updateAppWidget for each widget
for (int appWidgetID : ids) {
updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetID);
}
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}
public void updateAppWidget(Context context,AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int appWidgetId){
RemoteViews updateViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),R.layout.widget_layout1_1);
updateViews.setTextViewText(R.id.txt_days, "" + tmp_diffrentDays);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, updateViews);
}
try above code it will work for me

Sending data to my (homescreen) widget

I am having some trouble sending data(strings) from my activity to my appWidgetProvide class.
I have a method called updateWidget. This gets called by the widget configure activity when the widget first gets placed in the home screen .This method is also called by the onReceive method when it receives data from one of my activities when the user enters data into that activity.
Here is my problem : the widget get placed in the home screen with all the data in the right place. But when my activity sends data the onReceive (using intents and extras) the data does not come through.I just get a empty string on the extras.getString .
I have used intents to send data between activities before , do I need to do something different when I send data to a widget provide class? Or am I just being stupid and missing something obvious ?
I have attached (what I think are the) relevant bits of code. Let me know if you need any clarification or any more of the code.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for any help that you can give,
Cheers Rakshak
the onListItemClick in the widget configure class.
#Override
protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
Cursor note = mDbHelper.fetchNote(id);
startManagingCursor(note);
String title = note.getString(note.getColumnIndexOrThrow(NotesDbAdapter.KEY_TITLE));
String text = note.getString(note.getColumnIndexOrThrow(NotesDbAdapter.KEY_BODY));
loadData(title);
Intent resultValue = new Intent();
resultValue.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, mAppWidgetId);
setResult(RESULT_OK,resultValue);
finish();
}
void loadData(String title) {
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this);
SingleNote.updateWidget(this, appWidgetManager, mAppWidgetId, title);
}
The intent that sends data to the onReceive (this is in one of my activity classes)
private void updateWidget() {
Intent i = new Intent(this, SingleNote.class);
i.setAction(SingleNote.UPDATE_ACTION);
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),mTitleText.getText()+"from the activity",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();//This works just fine
i.putExtra("title", mTitleText.getText());
sendBroadcast(i);
}
My widget provide class
public class SingleNote extends AppWidgetProvider {
public static String UPDATE_ACTION = "ActionUpdateSinglenoteWidget";
private static NotesDbAdapter mDbHelper;
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
final int N = appWidgetIds.length;
// Perform this loop procedure for each App Widget that belongs to this provider
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
int appWidgetId = appWidgetIds[i];
// Tell the AppWidgetManager to perform an update on the current app widget
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.singlenote_widget);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
}
}
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String action = intent.getAction();
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
String title1 = extras.getString("title");//this value does not come through
Toast.makeText(context, title1,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();//this gives an empty space
if (action != null && action.equals(UPDATE_ACTION)) {
final AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
ComponentName name = new ComponentName(context, SingleNote.class);
int[] appWidgetId = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).getAppWidgetIds(name);
final int N = appWidgetId.length;
if (N < 1)
{
return ;
}
else {
int id = appWidgetId[N-1];
updateWidget(context, appWidgetManager, id ,title1);
}
}
else {
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}
}
static void updateWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int appWidgetId, String title){
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.singlenote_widget);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.single_note_title, title);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
}

I suggest to try replacing i.putExtra("title", mTitleText.getText()); in updateWidget() with i.putExtra("title", mTitleText.getText().toString());
String title1 = extras.getString("title");
expects string, and mTitleText.getText() returns Editable - this is likely a mismatch

android widget run a function by press a button in the widget

I want to add a button in my widget so that it can run a function(change APN and display a changed message in the widget) by press a button. In fact, the function is worked since I have tested in an activity. Did anyone have idea how to do it? thanks!
Regards,
Bill Chan

Well, there is couple of ways.
For example you can make something like this inside registered AppWidgetProvider:
public static String ACTION_WIDGET_RECEIVER = "Action!";
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds) {
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),
R.layout.widget_layout);
Intent active = new Intent(context, ThisClass.class);
active.setAction(ACTION_WIDGET_RECEIVER);
PendingIntent actionPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,
0, active, 0);
remoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.button, actionPendingIntent);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetIds, remoteViews);
}
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_DELETED.equals(action)) {
final int appWidgetId = intent.getExtras().getInt(
AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,
AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID);
if (appWidgetId != AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID) {
this.onDeleted(context, new int[] { appWidgetId });
}
} else {
if (intent.getAction().equals(ACTION_WIDGET_RECEIVER)) {
doYourStuff();
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}
}

Getting a String to AppWidget via GetExtras (or) Shared prefrences

I have an app widged which basically has a textview. I also have
an activity which displays a textview from string created within. Now
i have a button in Activity 1 which onClick will send data (string to
appWidget class) I tried putExtra and getExtra methods and also Shared
preferences method, im little confused to use which first!
Here are some inputs from me for more clarity.
Activity1:
final String addwidget =
((TextView)findViewById(R.id.verse)).getText().toString();
Intent widgetIntent = new Intent(MyScheduledActivity.this,
MainWidget.class);
widgetIntent.putExtra("widgetVerse", addwidget);
AppWidget:
public class MainWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
RemoteViews views;
public static String verseFromFav;
private Bundle getVerseData;
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
getVerseData = intent.getExtras();
verseFromFav = getVerseData.getString("widgetVerse");
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
final int N = appWidgetIds.length;
for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),R.layout.widget_layout);
if(verseFromFav == null){
verseFromFav = "no verse";
}
views.setTextViewText(R.id.widgetVerse, verseFromFav);
ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName( context, MainWidget.class );
AppWidgetManager.getInstance( context ).updateAppWidget( thisWidget, views );
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetIds, views);
}
super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds);
}
}
(THE APP WIDGET SHOWS "no verse" WHICH READS NULL)
Can any one help me with a basic idea on how to display the string
here. please. thanks in advance.

onUpdate will ALWAYS be called (sometimes multiple times) so utilize that to fire a utility or controller class and do all the work in that class.
Thus, in your app widget the only thing you might have, all I am demonstrating is updating a string in a TextView, is stuff in the onUpdate() method.
#Override
public void onUpdate( final Context context, final AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, final int[] appWidgetIds ) {
// Need this here to set the initial state of the app widget
final AppWidgetController _actrlr = new AppWidgetController( context );
_actrlr.updateAppWidgetUI( this );
super.onUpdate( context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds );
}
Then in AppWidgetController class you might have something like this...
public final void updateAppWidgetUI( final Context context ) {
final AppWidgetManager _manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance( context );
final ComponentName _componentName = new ComponentName( context, com.your.namespace.theprovidername.class );
final int[] appWidgetIds = _manager.getAppWidgetIds( _componentName );
for ( final int i : appWidgetIds ) {
final RemoteViews _rv = new RemoteViews( context.getPackageName(), R.layout.appwidget_xml_layout_file );
if( somethingIsTrue ) {
_rv.setTextViewText( R.id.textViewThatYouWantToUpdate, "The text that you wish to display if something is TRUE" );
} else {
_rv.setTextViewText( R.id.textViewThatYouWantToUpdate, "The text that you wish to display if something is FALSE" );
}
_manager.updateAppWidget( i, _rv );
}
}
RemoteView setTextViewText()
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/RemoteViews.html#setTextViewText(int, java.lang.CharSequence)

I would advise you to use sharedpreference for this. It would do you better.
SharedPreferences settings =
getSharedPreferences("MyWigdetPreferences", MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
SharedPreferences.Editor prefEditor = Settings.edit();
prefEditor.putString("widgetVerse", addwidget);
prefEditor.commit();
Then in the mainWidget activity pull it out by..
SharedPreferences settings =
getSharedPreferences("MyWigdetPreferences", MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
String verse = settings.getString("widgetVerse");
That should do it.
EDIT:
Instead of
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
getVerseData = intent.getExtras();
verseFromFav = getVerseData.getString("widgetVerse");
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}
Try
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
getVerseData = getIntent.getExtras();
verseFromFav = getVerseData.getString("widgetVerse");
super.onReceive(context, intent);
}