Android的桌面小图标Widget有时候需要定时的刷新，而且updatePeriodMillis属性设置的时间是建议是1个小时。这个时间对有些功能就太长时间了。在开发者文档上面有建议用AlarmManager

下面就是我写的一个小的Demo，让Widget上的ProgressBar以一秒钟progress增加一的速度更新。

在onEnable中开一个定时器每秒唤醒WidgetUpdateReceiver一次做一次页面刷新。并且在onDisabled中将它取消。

 @Override
    public void onEnabled(Context context) {

//        Intent service = new Intent(context,WidgetUpdateService.class);
//        context.startService(service);
        long firstTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
        firstTime += 1000;
        Intent receiver = new Intent();
        receiver.putExtra("FirstTime",firstTime);
        receiver.setAction(WidgetUpdateReceiver.ACTION);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context.getApplicationContext(), 2006, receiver, 0);

        AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
        am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME, firstTime, 1000, pendingIntent);
        Log.i(TAG, "onEnabled: ");
        super.onEnabled(context);
    }

 @Override
    public void onDisabled(Context context) {

//        Intent service = new Intent(context,WidgetUpdateService.class);
//        context.stopService(service);
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setAction(WidgetUpdateReceiver.ACTION);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context.getApplicationContext(),2006,intent,0);
        AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
        am.cancel(pendingIntent);
        Log.i(TAG, "onDisabled: ");
        super.onDisabled(context);
    }

public class WidgetUpdateReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    public static String TAG = "WidgetUpdateReceiver";
    public static final String ACTION = "android.appwidget.action.PROGRESS_UPDATE";
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.i(TAG, "onReceive: ");
//        receiver.putExtra("FirstTime",firstTime);
        long currentTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
        long firstTime = intent.getLongExtra("FirstTime", SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
        int progress = (int)(currentTime-firstTime)/1000;
        if (progress > 100){
            Toast.makeText(context,"progress到100了",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            progress = 100;
        }
        AppWidgetManager am = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
        //Widget是在其他应用上面显示的所以要用RemoteViews来管理
        RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),R.layout.my_widget);
        Intent i = new Intent(context,MainActivity.class);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context,2016,i,0);
        //设置点击图片的点击事件，打开一个Activity
        remoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.iv, pendingIntent);
        remoteViews.setProgressBar(R.id.progressBar,100,progress,false);
        ComponentName name = new ComponentName(context,MyWidget.class);
        am.updateAppWidget(name,remoteViews);
    }
}