Sample code for Android Widget (with Background Service) with Xamarin Forms or Maui

Question

I have an Android App with a Widget that uses JobIntentService to update the widget every 30 minutes, like in the official sample https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/xamarin/monodroid-samples/simplewidget/

That used to work fine, but in newer android sdk JobIntentService is deprecated and does no longer work reliable. What service do I need for the backgroundservice? WorkManager or something else? Is there any recent sample code like a weather widget, that works on Android 5-13 but without the deprecated JobItentService?

Answer 1

Hello,

What service do I need for the backgroundservice? WorkManager or something else?

You can use WorkManager to execute tasks in background.

Is there any recent sample code like a weather widget, that works on Android 5-13 but without the deprecated JobItentService?

No, there are no these samples like weather widget, but Xamarin has a blog about using WorkManager. Please refer to Getting Started With WorkManager

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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