UpdateWidgets Service

In this exercise you will get to create another IntentService Action that will query the Plant that needs most attention and then update the widget UI to display it.

Exercise Code

Exercise: TWID.03-Exercise-UpdateWidgetsService

Task Description:

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Task List:

Modify updateAppWidget method to take an image recourse

Call setImageViewResource to update the widget’s image

Move the updateAppWidget loop to a new method called updatePlantWidgets

Pass through the image recourse to updatePlantWidgets

Create a new action ACTION_UPDATE_PLANT_WIDGETS to handle updating widget UI

Implement handleActionUpdatePlantWidgets to query the plant closest to dying

Call updatePlantWidgets to refresh widgets

Call startActionUpdatePlantWidgets in onUpdate, AddPlantActivity and in PlantDetailActivity

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Solution: [TWID.03-Solution-UpdateWidgetsService][Diff]

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