在Android系统中,通过长按launcher空白处,会弹出“添加到主屏幕”界面,选择窗口小部件项,弹出“选择窗口小部件”界面,选择任一widget就可将此widget添加到桌面上,截图如下:
此添加AppWidget过程比较繁琐,我想在Launcher屏幕上添加一个按钮,通过点击此按钮直接实现添加widget功能,并使用gallery显示所有的widget icon。通过查看源代码,发现上述添加AppWidget的逻辑写在Setting工程中,于是想自己在Launcher中实现这个功能,下面是获取所有已安装widget信息代码:
public void initData(Context context)
{
tempInfo.clear();
AppWidgetManager am = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
tempInfo = (ArrayList<AppWidgetProviderInfo>)am.getInstalledProviders();
}
Collections.sort(tempInfo, new Comparator<AppWidgetProviderInfo>()
{
Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
@Override
public int compare(AppWidgetProviderInfo arg0, AppWidgetProviderInfo arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return collator.compare(arg0.label, arg1.label);
}
});
}
关键代码就是tempInfo = (ArrayList<AppWidgetProviderInfo>)am.getInstalledProviders();
数据源TempInfo获取到了,后面的事情就比较简单。将数据源传入gallery的自定义adpter中,并将此gallery绑定到写好的Launcher按钮响应事件上,一切就大功告成。成果如下:
但是在测试时发现,当在系统启动好后,安装新的widget(down APK),gallery不会更新新安装的appwidget,同样,删除一个widget,gallery也不会更新。通过查看Android管理AppWidget的AppWidgetService.java,发现Android在启动时注册了四个BroadcastReceiver:
public void systemReady(boolean safeMode) {
mSafeMode = safeMode;
loadAppWidgetList();
loadStateLocked();
// Register for the boot completed broadcast, so we can send the
// ENABLE broacasts. If we try to send them now, they time out,
// because the system isn't ready to handle them yet.
mContext.registerReceiver(mBroadcastReceiver,
new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED), null, null);
// Register for configuration changes so we can update the names
// of the widgets when the locale changes.