Allow old view hierarchy to be GC'ed more quickly during rotation.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/appwidget/AppWidgetHost.java b/core/java/android/appwidget/AppWidgetHost.java
index 7730942..9835484 100644
--- a/core/java/android/appwidget/AppWidgetHost.java
+++ b/core/java/android/appwidget/AppWidgetHost.java
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ public class AppWidgetHost {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create the AppWidgetHostView for the given widget.
+     * The AppWidgetHost retains a pointer to the newly-created View.
+     */
     public final AppWidgetHostView createView(Context context, int appWidgetId,
             AppWidgetProviderInfo appWidget) {
         AppWidgetHostView view = onCreateView(context, appWidgetId, appWidget);
@@ -272,6 +276,13 @@ public class AppWidgetHost {
             v.viewDataChanged(viewId);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Clear the list of Views that have been created by this AppWidgetHost.
+     */
+    protected void clearViews() {
+        mViews.clear();
+    }
 }