Android Question Widget doesn't show up in widget list

[rleiman]

Hi,

I'm trying out a widget for the first time using this tutorial as a guide but the after running my app the widget does not show up in the widgets list of the phone.

I do know the service does get created as you can see in the attached code. Can you tell me what I missed?

Thanks.

Tutorial link: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/android-home-screen-widgets-tutorial-part-i.10166/

Code to start the service in the main module:

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)

    If FirstTime Then
        StartService(Widget)
    End If

Code from the service:

#Region  Service Attributes
    #StartAtBoot: False
  
#End Region

Sub Process_Globals
    Dim rv As RemoteViews
End Sub

Sub Service_Create
  
    ToastMessageShow("At the widget service.", True)
  
    rv = ConfigureHomeWidget("Widget", "rv", 0, "my widget")
End Sub

Sub Service_Start (StartingIntent As Intent)
    If rv.HandleWidgetEvents(StartingIntent) Then
        Return
    End If
End Sub

Sub Service_Destroy

End Sub

Sub rv_RequestUpdate
   rv.UpdateWidget
End Sub

Sub rv_Disabled
    StopService("")
End Sub

 

[Erel]

You don't need to start the service yourself.

Make sure that the panel is not too large and test it in release mode.

If it still doesn't work then please upload your project.

 

[rleiman]

Hi Erel,

I made it smaller and removed the call to start the service and it now shows up on the list.