You don't need to use bindAppWidget. The platform remembers which app widgets are associated with your applications between executions of the app, so you can continue to use them.
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Richard Lalancette < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I had hope to use the AppWidget in our next solution concept, but I have > faced a serious problem doing so yesterday. > > Adding widgets to our app worked like a charm until I started looking into > saving the current widget to be able to restore them on the next launch of > our app. > > A large part of the app was to rely on restoring widgets upon reload, but > unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to do so. > > If any of you have information on saving and restoring AppWidget states, I > would love to hear. > > I have tried using bindAppWidgetId(appWidgetId, widget); but this is not > allowed by the system and returns a system exception. > > Other solutions found on the web rely on copying my app to the /system/... > folder, but that would mean I need to root the device and remove the > read-only flag from that folder which I do not wish to do. > > It would be totally not practical to re-pick all widgets each time the app > is launched, this is just make any sense. > > Thanks in advance > > Richard Lalancette > Mobile Application Developer > Alcatel-Lucent Canada > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
