Question

After device reboot I receive first APPWIDGET_ENABLED and then twice APPWIDGET_UPDATE.
I spent quite some hours googling this without result.
Is anybody experiencing the same? Have you found a way to avoid calling the update twice?

Here’s some code:

    <receiver android:name=".Widget" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <intent-filter>
             <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" /> 
        </intent-filter>
        <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/button_widget_provider" />
    </receiver>



public void onReceive(final Context context, final Intent intent) {
    super.onReceive(context, intent);
    final String action = intent.getAction();

    if  (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals(action) ) {
        Log.i(TAG, "update");
    } else if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_ENABLED.equals(action) ) {
        Log.i(TAG, "enabled");
    }
}

Answer 1

Have you found a way to avoid calling the update twice?

You have no control over how many times you are updated. That is up to the home screen and the app widget framework.