I'm working on an Android app written by someone no longer with the company, and not understanding what the purpose is of creating a receiver for AppWidget updates. The manifest has the main activity which runs when the app is launched. As far as I can tell, the appwidget is never used and its code is separate from the rest of the app. I can't tell if this is a left-over and can be removed or if it is still in use. All of the tutorials and examples I find explain how to implement this, but not really why one would, especially in this case.
Code from the manifest file:
<application
android:debuggable="true"
android:icon="@drawable/icon"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/ConnectTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.globalcrossing.connect.ConferenceListView"
android:label="@string/listTitle" >
<intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name" >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.globalcrossing.connect.Preferences"
android:label="@string/set_preferences" >
</activity>
<!-- Broadcast Receiver that will process AppWidget updates -->
<receiver
android:name="com.globalcrossing.connect.ConferenceWidget"
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/widget_provider" />
</receiver>
... more activities I understand, deleted for brevity
</application>
If the application has a corresponding home screen widget, which can be found under the widgets section in the all programs list, then you will need APPWIDGET_UPDATE
. Otherwise it will be unnecessary noise to your application with no purpose.