Android Question Update Widget at specific time

Yes. You can use StartServiceAt. There is no difference between a widget service and any other service.

Ok, thanks!
One nother small question. I Have a second service in my app that runs all the time. This service would need to update some data and then make the widget update itself IF it is on the screen.

Can I reliably determine if the widget is active with the ispaused("widget_service") and then simply call an update sub from the widget service if it is running?

Not exactly. The widget can be on the screen and the service might be not running.

You can use CallSubDelayed to call a sub in the widget service. The service will be started if needed. Note that you should always save the important information in a file as the process will be killed.

Ok, thanks! But what if the widget is not put on the homescreen at the time? will the callsubdelayed then be ignored?

The call will not be ignored. The service will be started.

If you want to avoid it then you should save the state of the widget in a file and then check it before calling CallSubDelayed.

Thanks for the help! Setting a value to 1 works fine.
I have a widget wid = ConfigureHomeWidget("widgetlayout", "wid", 0, "somename"). But for some reason the "Sub wid_Disabled" is not called. In this sub I set the value back to 0.


The wid_Disabled is never called. What am I doing wrong. When loging the events I only see Service (widget) start but never destroyed. Even if I close the widget.

Another very strange thing ist that when I run my app I get this log:
** Activity (main) Create, isFirst = true **
** Activity (main) Resume **
** Activity (main) Pause, UserClosed = false **
** Activity (main) Resume **
** Service (widget) Create **
** Service (widget) Start **
But I dont touch it and the service widget is not started in my code. Why does it pause and then reasume an start the service??? When I deinstall the widget I also get the Service start log.

Disabled event is raised when you remove the widget from the home screen.

Thats the problem, it is not raised and the widget-on-screen indicator remains true.

This event is raised when the last widget (of that service) is removed. Are you sure that there isn't any other instance of the widget?

Ok, it seemed that a second widget was still on screen as a sort of invisible ghost from a previous installation. After deinstalling and then reinstalling the app (not just installing a new version) it was ok.
Thanks a lot Erel!!! I was really in despair for that one.