how update homescreen contents automatically?

[Tiger54]

Hi,
I have a widget that should update every day.

timer = setInterval("tick()", 1000 * 60 * 60);

This should be ok, if I read the documentation. Unfortunately, I read also, that the widget must be visible, else the timer stops working.

So, the widget has to be visible for 1 hour after the timer emit the signal.

But after 30 seconds, the screensaver stops the time and the homescreen is updated only after some days (right?).

There are a lot of daily widgets on the store, that doesn't update the content.

A workaround is to write:
timer = setInterval("tick()", 5000);
and in tick() function I test if the current day is like the day where the widget was updated the last time.

Is there a better solution?

Thanks! Tiger54

[isalento]

Hi,

You are correct about how timers do work in WRT widgets and indeed there are widgets that use way too long timer values.

I would recommend on using timestamps to determine if widget should retrieve newest data.
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...screen_content

A good place to check the timestamp, and update the contet, would be when widget onshow() occurs.
Timers are good for rotating the content in home screen after the data has been fetched.

Br,
Ilkka

[Tiger54]

Thank you Isalento!
That was exactly was I was missing in my widget.

widget.onshow solved my problem