public static WordEntry GetWordOfTheDay ()
{
var entry = new WordEntry ();
try {
string url = "http://toolserver.org/~enwikt/wotd/";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load (url);
XElement today = doc.Root.Element ("channel").Element ("item");
entry.Title = today.Element ("title").Value;
entry.Description = today.Element ("description").Value;
entry.Link = today.Element ("link").Value;
// Remove the date from the title
entry.Title = entry.Title.Substring (entry.Title.IndexOf (':') + 1).Trim ();
} catch (Exception ex) {
entry.Title = "Error";
entry.Description = ex.Message;
}
return entry;
}
// Build a widget update to show the current Wiktionary
// "Word of the day." Will block until the online API returns.
public RemoteViews buildUpdate(Context context)
{
var entry = WordEntry.GetWordOfTheDay();
// Build an update that holds the updated widget contents
var updateViews = new RemoteViews(context.PackageName, Resource.Layout.widget_word);
updateViews.SetTextViewText(Resource.Id.word_title, entry.Title);
updateViews.SetTextViewText(Resource.Id.definition, entry.Description);
// When user clicks on widget, launch to Wiktionary definition page
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.Link))
{
Intent defineIntent = new Intent(Intent.ActionView, Android.Net.Uri.Parse(entry.Link));
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.GetActivity(context, 0, defineIntent, 0);
updateViews.SetOnClickPendingIntent(Resource.Id.widget, pendingIntent);
}
return(updateViews);
}
public static WordEntry GetWordOfTheDay()
{
var entry = new WordEntry();
try {
string url = "http://toolserver.org/~enwikt/wotd/";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(url);
XElement today = doc.Root.Element("channel").Element("item");
entry.Title = today.Element("title").Value;
entry.Description = today.Element("description").Value;
entry.Link = today.Element("link").Value;
// Remove the date from the title
entry.Title = entry.Title.Substring(entry.Title.IndexOf(':') + 1).Trim();
} catch (Exception ex) {
entry.Title = "Error";
entry.Description = ex.Message;
}
return(entry);
}
