Android widget update after x time

Question

I just started to learn Android, I\'m trying to write a widget which is updating the counter in every seconds, but somewhere it\'s missing something.I\'m getting 1 on the sc

Answer 1

after

appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);

add this

super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId);

i believe this will solve your problem

Answer 2

Here is a great tutorial series for creating widgets in Android and updating them at intervals. It starts here: http://android-er.blogspot.com/2010/10/simple-home-screen-app-widget-with.html

And ends here with a recurring timer/alarm: http://android-er.blogspot.com/2010/10/app-widget-using-alarm-manager.html

Basically you need to setup some things in the manifest to listen for a broadcasted intent which updates the widget. It also shows how to create a config activity for the widget.

To create alarms or recurring events you can also use the AlarmManager class.