AppWidgetManager

Activity action to launch from your AppWidgetHost activity when you want to bind an AppWidget to display and bindAppWidgetIdIfAllowed returns false.

You must supply the following extras:

The system will respond with an onActivityResult call with the following extras in the intent:

When you receive the result from the AppWidget bind activity, if the resultCode is RESULT_OK, the AppWidget has been bound. You should then check the AppWidgetProviderInfo for the returned AppWidget, and if it has one, launch its configuration activity. If RESULT_CANCELED is returned, you should delete the appWidgetId.

Sent when it is time to configure your AppWidget while it is being added to a host. This action is not sent as a broadcast to the AppWidget provider, but as a startActivity to the activity specified in the AppWidgetProviderInfo meta-data.

The intent will contain the following extras:

If you return RESULT_OK using Activity.setResult(), the AppWidget will be added, and you will receive an ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE broadcast for this AppWidget. If you return RESULT_CANCELED, the host will cancel the add and not display this AppWidget, and you will receive a ACTION_APPWIDGET_DELETED broadcast.

Sent when an instance of an AppWidget is deleted from its host.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Sent when an instance of an AppWidget is removed from the last host.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Sent when an instance of an AppWidget is added to a host for the first time. This broadcast is sent at boot time if there is a AppWidgetHost installed with an instance for this provider.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Sent when the custom extras for an AppWidget change.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Activity action to launch from your AppWidgetHost activity when you want to pick an AppWidget to display. The AppWidget picker activity will be launched.

You must supply the following extras:

The system will respond with an onActivityResult call with the following extras in the intent:

When you receive the result from the AppWidget pick activity, if the resultCode is RESULT_OK, an AppWidget has been selected. You should then check the AppWidgetProviderInfo for the returned AppWidget, and if it has one, launch its configuration activity. If RESULT_CANCELED is returned, you should delete the appWidgetId.

Sent when it is time to update your AppWidget.

This may be sent in response to a new instance for this AppWidget provider having been instantiated, the requested update interval having lapsed, or the system booting.

The intent will contain the following extras:

An intent extra that contains one appWidgetId.

The value will be an int that can be retrieved like this:

Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
int appWidgetId = extras.getInt(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID);

An intent extra that contains multiple appWidgetIds.

The value will be an int array that can be retrieved like this:

Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
int[] appWidgetIds = extras.getIntArray(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS);

An intent extra which points to a bundle of extra information for a particular widget id. In particular this bundle can contain EXTRA_APPWIDGET_WIDTH and EXTRA_APPWIDGET_HEIGHT.

An intent extra that contains the component name of a AppWidget provider.

The value will be an ComponentName.

An intent extra to pass to the AppWidget picker containing a List of Bundle objects to mix in to the list of AppWidgets that are installed. It will be added to the extras object on the Intent that is returned from the picker activity.

An intent extra to pass to the AppWidget picker containing a List of AppWidgetProviderInfo objects to mix in to the list of AppWidgets that are installed. (This is how the launcher shows the search widget).

A sentinel value that the AppWidget manager will never return as a appWidgetId.

Field for the manifest meta-data tag.

A bundle extra that hints to the AppWidgetProvider the category of host that owns this this widget. Can have the value WIDGET_CATEGORY_HOME_SCREEN or WIDGET_CATEGORY_KEYGUARD or WIDGET_CATEGORY_RECENTS.

A bundle extra that contains the upper bound on the current width, in dips, of a widget instance.

A bundle extra that contains the upper bound on the current width, in dips, of a widget instance.

A bundle extra that contains the lower bound on the current height, in dips, of a widget instance.

A bundle extra that contains the lower bound on the current width, in dips, of a widget instance.

Set the component for a given appWidgetId.

You need the BIND_APPWIDGET permission or the user must have enabled binding widgets always for your component. Should be used by apps that host widgets; if this method returns false, call ACTION_APPWIDGET_BIND to request permission to bind

Set the component for a given appWidgetId.

You need the BIND_APPWIDGET permission or the user must have enabled binding widgets always for your component. Should be used by apps that host widgets; if this method returns false, call ACTION_APPWIDGET_BIND to request permission to bind

Get the list of appWidgetIds that have been bound to the given AppWidget provider.

Get the available info about the AppWidget.

Get the extras associated with a given widget instance. The extras can be used to embed additional information about this widget to be accessed by the associated widget's AppWidgetProvider.

Return a list of the AppWidget providers that are currently installed.

Get the AppWidgetManager instance to use for the supplied Context object.

Notifies the specified collection view in all the specified AppWidget instances to invalidate their data.

Notifies the specified collection view in the specified AppWidget instance to invalidate its data.

Perform an incremental update or command on the widget specified by appWidgetId. This update differs from updateAppWidget(int, RemoteViews) in that the RemoteViews object which is passed is understood to be an incomplete representation of the widget, and hence is not cached by the AppWidgetService. Note that because these updates are not cached, any state that they modify that is not restored by restoreInstanceState will not persist in the case that the widgets are restored using the cached version in AppWidgetService. Use with showNext(int), showPrevious(int), setScrollPosition(int, int) and similar commands.

It is okay to call this method both inside an ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE broadcast, and outside of the handler. This method will only work when called from the uid that owns the AppWidget provider.

This method will be ignored if a widget has not received a full update via updateAppWidget(int[], RemoteViews).

Perform an incremental update or command on the widget(s) specified by appWidgetIds. This update differs from updateAppWidget(int[], RemoteViews) in that the RemoteViews object which is passed is understood to be an incomplete representation of the widget, and hence does not replace the cached representation of the widget. As of API level 17, the new properties set within the views objects will be appended to the cached representation of the widget, and hence will persist. Use with showNext(int), showPrevious(int), setScrollPosition(int, int) and similar commands.

It is okay to call this method both inside an ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE broadcast, and outside of the handler. This method will only work when called from the uid that owns the AppWidget provider.

This method will be ignored if a widget has not received a full update via updateAppWidget(int[], RemoteViews).

Set the RemoteViews to use for the specified appWidgetIds. Note that the RemoteViews parameter will be cached by the AppWidgetService, and hence should contain a complete representation of the widget. For performing partial widget updates, see partiallyUpdateAppWidget(int[], RemoteViews).

It is okay to call this method both inside an ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE broadcast, and outside of the handler. This method will only work when called from the uid that owns the AppWidget provider.

The total Bitmap memory used by the RemoteViews object cannot exceed that required to fill the screen 1.5 times, ie. (screen width x screen height x 4 x 1.5) bytes.

Set the RemoteViews to use for all AppWidget instances for the supplied AppWidget provider.

It is okay to call this method both inside an ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE broadcast, and outside of the handler. This method will only work when called from the uid that owns the AppWidget provider.

Set the RemoteViews to use for the specified appWidgetId. Note that the RemoteViews parameter will be cached by the AppWidgetService, and hence should contain a complete representation of the widget. For performing partial widget updates, see partiallyUpdateAppWidget(int, RemoteViews).

It is okay to call this method both inside an ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE broadcast, and outside of the handler. This method will only work when called from the uid that owns the AppWidget provider.

The total Bitmap memory used by the RemoteViews object cannot exceed that required to fill the screen 1.5 times, ie. (screen width x screen height x 4 x 1.5) bytes.

Update the extras for a given widget instance. The extras can be used to embed additional information about this widget to be accessed by the associated widget's AppWidgetProvider.