Question

I am trying to launch an activity from a home screen widget. However, the activity is not starting when I click the widget. Below is my code.

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent i) {

    AppWidgetManager mgr = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);

    Intent intent = new Intent(context, MyActivity.class);
    PendingIntent pendingLayout = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

    RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widgetlayout);

    views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.widget, pendingLayout);

    ComponentName comp = new ComponentName(context,
            RecentTaskWidget.class.getName());

    mgr.updateAppWidget(comp, views);
}

Thx!
Rahul.

Answer 1

You need to use PendingIntent.getActivity() instead of PendingIntent.getService(), probably this is why your code is not working. Hope this helps.