如何通过意图将数据从窗口小部件配置类传递到窗口小部件提供程序类？

我不会删除此问题，因为公用之处在下面提出了一些要点，但是我确实对代码进行了修改，并在此处以不同的方式提出了问题：如何在Widget Service类中检索共享的首选项数据，而不传递错误的默认值或获取空指针错误？

我正在开发一个需要用户输入选择并将其传递给小部件的应用程序。它当前正在运行一项服务来对其进行管理，并且运行良好，但是我无法弄清楚如何有效地将String从一个传递到另一个。到目前为止，这是我的代码：

        //First Widget config is called:
        public class WidgetConfig extends Activity{

            //Stuff happens here to get data from EditTexts and spinners and converts 
            //them to strings.
            //Eventually a button is pressed which enters all the information:

            public void onClick(View v) {
                //I have already tried shared preferences like this:
                //This was intended to give the shared preferences a unique identifier.
                //It does not work for what I am trying to do
                String str = Integer.toString(appWidgetId); 
                sp.putString(editor, str + "::" + "username", user_name);
                //The appWidgetID was unique and so I thought it would work as an
                //identifier for shared prefs.

                //This is the intent for opening the provider
                Intent intentUpdate = new Intent(context, MailWidgetProvider.class); 

                //I also attempted to put items here:
                intentUpdate.putExtra("username", user_name);

                //I left out the rest of the pending update code as it is irrelevant to this.
            }
        }


        //Next the AppWidgetProvider is called
        public class MailWidgetProvider extends AppWidgetProvider {

            public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, 
                                  int[] appWidgetIds) {

                ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(context, 
                                       MailWidgetProvider.class);
                int[] allWidgetIds = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(thisWidget);

                //This is the intent to open up and run the service
                Intent intent = new Intent(context.getApplicationContext(),                            
                                            MailWidgetUpdateService.class);

                intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS, allWidgetIds);

                context.startService(intent);
            }

        }

    //Service Class
    public class MailWidgetUpdateService extends Service {
        public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
                AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this
                        .getApplicationContext());

                int[] allWidgetIds = intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS);

                ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(getApplicationContext(),
                        MailWidgetProvider.class);

                int[] allWidgetIds2 = appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(thisWidget);

                //Loop through the IDs
                for (int widgetId : allWidgetIds) {

                    int awid = widgetId;
                    String str = Integer.toString(widgetId);

                    String user_name = sp.getString(settings, str + "::" + "chosen_accout_string", "Loading...");
                    Log.d(TRACKING_USERNAME, user_name);

                    /*
                    Issue Here, see explanation below
                    */
     }
}