Programmatically update widget from activity/servi

Question

I know it's possible, but I can't figure out a way to trigger an update of my widget from the main activity. Isn't there some general intent I can broadcast?

Answer 1

int widgetIDs[] = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(getApplication()).getAppWidgetIds(new ComponentName(getApplication(), WidgetProvider.class));

for (int id : widgetIDs)
    AppWidgetManager.getInstance(getApplication()).notifyAppWidgetViewDataChanged(id, R.id.widget_view);
}

Answer 2

Try this:

int[] ids = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(getApplication()).getAppWidgetIds(new ComponentName(getApplication(), MyWidget.class));
        MyWidget myWidget = new MyWidget();
        myWidget.onUpdate(this, AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this),ids);