On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jake Colman <[email protected]> wrote: > For this widget to work it must be regularly checking the time and the > calendar since at any minute it might be time to display the next > appointment. Does this mean I have to update the widget's display every > minute? Clearly not, but how else?
Update the display when the data changes. That will occur at the earlier of: -- when the time for the previous event passed, so you would need to show the next event -- when the Google Calendar GData APIs tell you there is a new event that is earlier than the one you are presently showing > But do we only > update if the screen is active? Ideally, no, you update when the data changes. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
