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:
Code from the service:
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:
B4X:
Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
If FirstTime Then
StartService(Widget)
End IfCode from the service:
B4X:
#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