How to access a TextView element in a BroadcastReceiver
- by ric03uec
Hello,
I am testing a simple widget in android and using Alarms to update a TextView at regular intervals. The problem is that in the BroadcastReceiver class I cannot access the TextView element, which I want to get updated when the alarm expires. The class is being called properly because the Toast i have put there is giving the appropriate message. The following code is from the class where I configure the widget and set the timers.
public void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
super.onCreate(bundle);
Intent intent = getIntent();
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
if(extras != null){
mWidgetId = extras.getInt(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID);
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(WidgetConfigure.this);
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(WidgetConfigure.this.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget_layout);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.quote, "Widget Loaded From Activity");
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(mWidgetId, views);
setTimer(); //set the timers...
setResult();// set the result...
}
}
Now i want to update the same TextView when the BroadCastReceiver is called after the timer expires. I have tried the code provided in the ExampleAppWidget example provided in android api demos and that isnt working out. How can i set the required text?
Thankx in advance
