Hmm, I haven't peeked at the ApiDemos code in awhile, but it was working last time I checked. Are you testing on a device or the emulator? The emulator might not be sending off actual TIMEZONE_CHANGED broadcasts.
j On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Alea <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I started to implement my own App Widget using the example provided in > the ApiDemos. In order to update the Widget efficiently I chose the > BroadcastReceiver mechanism. In the ApiDemos there is this > ExampleBroadcastReceiver which would (or should) react to changes > related to TimeZone and Time as specified in the AndroidManifest of > the ApiDemos. > > I have debugged this Example using Eclipse and the Logcat output > (provoking changes in TimeZone through the settings) and come to the > conclusion that there must be some bug in the app widget framework. > The only BroadcastReceiver that seems to work is the AppWidgetProvider > itself. > > For instance I would expect something like: D/ExampleBroadcastReceiver > intent=XY in the logcat's output after I have provoked the event XY. > > I have even tried without the 'enabled' option in the receiver's > specification in the AndroidManifest. > > BroadcastReceivers are needed to keep the update rate of my > AppWidgetProvider low and to be battery friendly. As for now my own > AppWidget Implementation that I have written has an update rate of 10 > minutes which I could change to once a day if I could use the > BroadcastReceiver mechanism. > > Hopefully this useful feature can be enabled somehow. Is anyone else > aware of this problem? Or maybe is there even a solution to this issue > I am experiencing? Do I have to enable the BroadcastReceiver by code > and not via the xml? > > Cheers, > > a desperate AppWidget developer > > .....By the way there are some copy&paste errors in the > ExampleAppWidgetProvider: onEnabled / onDisabled; comment and code > (eg. PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED). > > > > -- Jeff Sharkey [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
