From 43d8157386ef20d6c4f8e9b4b35a9a9a3a257301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Su <tim@todoroo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:18:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] widget in background service

---
 .../src/com/todoroo/astrid/widget/TasksWidget.java   | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/widget/TasksWidget.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/widget/TasksWidget.java
index be83f56ce..d14187bab 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/widget/TasksWidget.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/widget/TasksWidget.java
@@ -97,9 +97,17 @@ public class TasksWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
         TaskService taskService;
 
         @Override
-        public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
+        public void onStart(final Intent intent, int startId) {
             ContextManager.setContext(this);
+            new Thread(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    startServiceInBackgroundThread(intent);
+                }
+            }).start();
+        }
 
+        public void startServiceInBackgroundThread(Intent intent) {
             ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(this,
                     TasksWidget.class);
             AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this);
@@ -117,6 +125,8 @@ public class TasksWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
                 RemoteViews updateViews = buildUpdate(this, id);
                 manager.updateAppWidget(id, updateViews);
             }
+
+            stopSelf();
         }
 
         @Override