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Fix widget updates: stale data after reboot, premature MidnightTrigger emit #3

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions app/src/main/java/com/mensinator/app/widgets/BootReceiver.kt
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Expand Up @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ class BootReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {
CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.IO).launch {
try {
MidnightWorker.scheduleNextMidnight(context)
// Update all widgets immediately after boot so they show current data.
// Without this, widgets keep showing stale data until midnight or the user opens the app.
WidgetInstances.forEach { it.glanceAppWidget.updateAll(context) }
} finally {
pendingResult.finish()
}
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions app/src/main/java/com/mensinator/app/widgets/PeriodCalculationWidgetUpdater.kt
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Expand Up @@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ object PeriodCalculationWidgetUpdater : KoinComponent {
private fun updateWidgets() {
CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
try {
// Emit to midnight trigger to force widget data refresh
MidnightTrigger.midnightTrigger.emit(Unit)
// Do NOT emit to MidnightTrigger here.
// Emitting before updateAll() could cause the active combine flow to recompose
// with the OLD nextPeriod() value (the new value hasn't been emitted by the
// nextPeriod() map block yet). updateAll() starts a fresh Glance composition that
// re-runs calculateNextPeriod() from scratch via the dbWriteTrigger replay, so the
// widget always gets the correct up-to-date data.
// Update all widgets concurrently for better performance
WidgetInstances.map { receiver ->
launch { receiver.glanceAppWidget.updateAll(context) }
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