Question

I have been having problems changing all refernce to this custom intent. Aka I change the name and it no longer registers. However, more concerningly, it seems I cant get any broadcasted intents! (Except APPWIDGET_UPDATE).

<receiver android:name=".ExampleAppWidgetProvider" 
            android:label="@string/widget1name">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
         <!-- <action android:name="com.eightbitcloud.example.widget.8BITCLOCK_WIDGET_UPDATE" />  -->
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_REMOVED" />
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_UNMOUNTED" />
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED" />
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SCREEN_ON" />

     </intent-filter>
    <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/widget1_info" />
</receiver>

With code:

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
      Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Received intent " + intent.getAction());

The only one that fires is Appwidget_update.

Why?

Answer 1

This was to do with the my onEnabled() event, creating an alarmManager that sends the given intent again and again.

By changing what I was recieving, I obviously filter out the old one.

However what I failed to see, was that Eclipse was replacing my widget when I ran new code, but it never re-fires onEnabled again.

So the old intent was still firing, and being filtered, as opposed to my new named intent.

Restarting the phone, and/or removing the widgets and replacing them should do the trick (So OnEnabled() is fired again)