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can anybody give example how to implement click event in appwidget in android ?
Thanks

You can use RemoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.view_id, intent) method for handle click event of app-widget. For more information you can refer below link
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Use RemoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.view_id, intent) method.
The intent parameter should be a well formed Intent object which would match on of the filters at your manifest file.

Intent intent = new Intent(context, Activity.class);
Uri widgetId = Uri.parse("" + appWidgetId); // this line means
intent.setData(widgetId); // you can send a widget id
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.clickButtoninWidget, pintent);
return views;

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Android widget Intent without layout

is it possible to make an Intent whic runs in background? Like a service i assume.
I need to perform an action (call webservice) when the user clicks on a widget.
My code below
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra("webServiceId", mWSId);
PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0,intent, 0);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.btnWidgetToggle, pending);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(mAppWidgetId, views);
Intent resultValue = new Intent();
resultValue.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,
mAppWidgetId);
setResult(RESULT_OK, resultValue);
finish();
Should I make my intent to perform an action to a service or something like that?
Thanks!
UPDATE:
Im trying to do it by calling an IntentService now, but it doesnt calls it. My code below:
Intent intent = new Intent(context, widgetService.class);
intent.putExtra("webServiceId",mWSId);
PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, 0);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.btnWidgetToggle, pending);
any idea?
I am not sure what you are trying to achieve
I am right you want to call a widget on click of a widget(view)
This can be achieved in a simple way by calling the onClick action
of a widget and place the web-service invocation code inside the
onCllickListener
Sample
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Place your webservice invocation code here
}}
If you want to use service in some way have a look at android documentation on how to use it
Hope this helps !
I solved it by calling a IntentService.
Here is my code:
Intent intent = new Intent(context, widgetService.class);
intent.putExtra("webServiceId",mWSId);
PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, 0);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.btnWidgetToggle, pending);
Thanks #Karakuri

PendingIntent and Notification Intent

I find the code below redundant. Am I missing something basic here ? Is there a way to reduce the duplicate code here. Can I use either Intent or PendingIntent object, why both ?
Intent updateUI = new Intent(SENDTOBACKGROUND_SERVICE);
updateUI.putExtra("Signal", God.YELLOW);
sendBroadcast(updateUI);
Intent sendNotification = new Intent(DriverService.this, DriverHome.class);
sendNotification.putExtra("Signal", God.YELLOW);
PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(getApplicationContext(), 0, sendNotification, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
Notification n = new NotificationCompat.Builder(DriverService.this)
.setContentTitle("Attempting to update location")
.setContentText("Cab #(last) " + currentLocationInText)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.yellow).setContentIntent(pIntent).setAutoCancel(true)
.build();
((NotificationManager) DriverService.this.getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE)).notify("Taxeeta", R.id.cabLocation, n);
No, you need both. A PendingIntent is a wrapper around an Intent. You can't have a PendingIntent without an Intent to wrap. And you can't put an Intent in a Notification. You need to use a PendingIntent when you want to hand over an Intent to another component, so that the other component can send the Intent for you (as a kind of "proxy") at some point in the future.
As explain in the doc
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/PendingIntent.html#getActivity%28android.content.Context,%20int,%20android.content.Intent,%20int%29
"Retrieve a PendingIntent that will start a new activity, like calling Context.startActivity(Intent)" so you need PendingIntent and Intent.

Implement setOnClickPendingIntent from notification

I build custom notification that contain button and i want to listin when user press on it.
The button should not open any activity but only logic staff like change song.
the Code:
RemoteViews contentView = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.notification);
contentView.setTextViewText(R.id.toptext, nowPlayingTitle);
//this not work
Intent intent = new Intent(this, receiver.class);
intent.putExtra("UNIQ", "1");
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
this.getApplicationContext(), 234324243, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT)
contentView.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.imageButtonPlay,
pendingIntent);
notification.contentView = contentView;
// this is to return to my activity if click somwhere else in notification
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, MYACTIVITY.class);
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);
notification.contentIntent = contentIntent;
mNotificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);
I don't get the hang of the setOnClickPendingIntent what need to be in the second param?
How can i just call a function after user press on the button?
im probably missing something cause i dont understand the receiver side and what happend after user press
You are missing the fact that the button you created actually doesn't belong to your application. It is created in another context, in another process. There is no way it can call your function.
Instead, when the user taps the button, that pending intent is fired. You can catch it by your receiver (in your activity), check some parameters and do the action.
Or you can implement a service and handle this intent in background. I'd prefer this way.
thanks for quick answer. I try using receiver but it never fired.
The code is in the main question and i created for the reciever class the following code:
public class receiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
}
}
but click on the notification never fire the receiver ( Test on debug mode )

WidgetProvider Intent extras sent with button click not found in onReceive

I am trying to detect when widget button is clicked but none of the Intent extras are showing up in the onReceive method.
onReceive gets called with every click but none of my Intent extras show up.
My code is below: I only hook up the toggle button in on update so not sure if this is correct. None of the extras show up and categories are null even though I set this.
onUpdate(Context context etc):
RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),
R.layout.my_widget);
Intent buttonIntent = new Intent(context, MyWidgetProviderClass.class);
buttonIntent.setAction(ACTION_WIDGET_RECEIVER);
buttonIntent.putExtra("BUTTON_CLICKED", "buttonClick");
buttonIntent.putExtra("BUTTON",899);
PendingIntent muPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0,
buttonIntent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
buttonIntent.addCategory("buttonclick");
remoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.ToggleImageButton, myPendingIntent);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetIds, remoteViews);
onReceive():
intent.getIntExtra("BUTTON",-1); ---> 1
intent.getCategories() --- > null
Try FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT instead of FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT.
Also, your code may have a typo: you have muPendingIntent instead of myPendingIntent.
Also also, please do not use buttonclick as a category. Please namespace it (e.g., com.something.whatever.buttonclick), or remove it, as I am not sure why you would need it.
Here is a sample project demonstrating an app widget that, on a click, triggers an update on itself, with an extra (used to supply the app widget IDs).
Android Apparently Does not like re-use of the name ACTION_WIDGET_RECEIVER and removes those parameters. Created another ACTION just for toggle button, registered in the manifest and now the parameters show up.
I found that if the Intent that was used to create the Pending intent has any extras already in it then the new intent's extras are ignored. For example, if you follow the sample in the Android docs for building a Widget like so
Intent toastIntent = new Intent(context, StackWidgetProvider.class);
toastIntent.setAction(StackWidgetProvider.TOAST_ACTION);
toastIntent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetIds[i]);
intent.setData(Uri.parse(intent.toUri(Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME)));
PendingIntent toastPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, toastIntent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
rv.setPendingIntentTemplate(R.id.stack_view, toastPendingIntent);
Then the line
toastIntent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetIds[i]);
Will prevent your new intent's extras from sticking. I removed that line and my new intent worked.

Android appwidget, can i put buttons on it?

I would like to add twoo buttons on an appwidget, then i would like to set the onclicklistener methods of this.
Is there a way to do it? how?
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getApplicationContext(), R.layout.main_view);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, InputBroadcastReceiver.class); // receiver class
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_ID, id); // some extras
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent,PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT); views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.my_button, pendingIntent);
Then override the onReceive method in InputBroadcastReceiver and enjoy your inputs ;)
BroadcastReceivers are explaining here.

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