Android widget works well in emulator but on phone it turns into the Google App widget -

i created android widget.
in genymotion nexus 4 emulator running android 4.4.4 works well.
on nexus 4 device running android 4.4.4 put widget on home screen , turns google app widget.
turns widget again google app widget , on. until remove widget home screen.
using parse.com online storage , on phone data doesn't seem obtained. can't tell sure because widget keeps changing.
widget contains 3 files.
1 extends application class:

public class myapp extends application {     private mymodel model;       @override     public void oncreate() {         parse.enablelocaldatastore(this);         parseobject.registersubclass(gdbddata.class);         parse.initialize(this, "-", "-");          if(model == null) {             intent intent = new intent(this,gdbdwidgetprovider.class);             intent.setaction(widgetutils.widget_refresh_storage);             intent.putextra("userid",123);             sendbroadcast(intent);         }          super.oncreate();     } 

one widgetprovider:

@override public void onreceive(context context, intent intent) {     super.onreceive(context, intent);     final string action = intent.getaction();     if (action.equals(widgetutils.widget_refresh_storage))     {         myapp app = ((myapp)context.getapplicationcontext());         int userid = intent.getintextra("userid",0);         trygetmodelfromremotestorage(userid,context);     }  }   static void updateappwidget(context context, appwidgetmanager appwidgetmanager, int appwidgetid) {     myapp app = ((myapp)context.getapplicationcontext());     mymodel model = app.getmodel();      // construct remoteviews object     remoteviews remoteviews = new remoteviews(context.getpackagename(), r.layout.the_widget);      pendingintent clickerpendingintent = buildbuttonpendingintent(context);      // change textviews , imageviews inside widget here      appwidgetmanager.updateappwidget(appwidgetid, remoteviews); }  public static pendingintent buildbuttonpendingintent(context context) {      // initiate widget update request     intent intent = new intent();     intent.setaction(widgetutils.widget_update_action);     pendingintent pendingintent = pendingintent.getbroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);     return pendingintent; } 

and 1 broadcastreceiver handles button on widget:

@override public void onreceive(context context, intent intent) {     if (intent.getaction().equals(widgetutils.widget_update_action)) {         updatewidget(context);     } }  private void updatewidget(context context) {       myapp app = ((myapp)context.getapplicationcontext());     mymodel model = app.getmodel();      //i update fields in model based on business rules @ point      mywidgetprovider.sendupdatemessagetowidgets(context);   } 

does know doing wrong?

edit 1: adding manifest file requested

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     package="com.my.app.main" >      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.internet" />     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.access_network_state" />      <application         android:name="myapp"         android:allowbackup="true"         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"         android:label="@string/app_name"         android:theme="@style/apptheme" >         <receiver android:name=".gdbdwidgetprovider" >             <intent-filter>                 <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.appwidget_enabled" />                 <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.appwidget_update" />              </intent-filter>              <meta-data                 android:name="android.appwidget.provider"                 android:resource="@xml/the_widget_info" />         </receiver>         <receiver             android:name=".tapmarkdayintentreceiver"             android:label="@string/app_name" >             <intent-filter>                 <action android:name="com.my.app.intents.update_widget" />             </intent-filter>              <meta-data                 android:name="android.appwidget.provider"                 android:resource="@xml/the_widget_info" />         </receiver>     </application>  </manifest> 

edit 2, added widget xml file:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:minwidth="140dp" android:minheight="140dp"     android:updateperiodmillis="1000000"     android:previewimage="@drawable/example_appwidget_preview"     android:initiallayout="@layout/the_widget" android:widgetcategory="home_screen"     android:initialkeyguardlayout="@layout/the_widget"></appwidget-provider> 

sorry not answering last comments busy.
thank help.
happened had return statements in widgetprovider's onupdate, onenabled, ondisabled , orreceive methods , apparently bad thing. once removed them no longer occured.