How can I refresh a page when a database is updated?

This is how I recently implemented a solution using jQuery.

PHP increments a field in the database every time a significant update occurs.

<?php

//  Call this function when data changes
function update_clients()
{
    mysql_query( "UPDATE pageGen SET id = id + 1 LIMIT 1" );
}

//  Call this function to get the ID to pass to JavaScript
function get_update()
{
    $result = mysql_query( "SELECT id FROM pageGen LIMIT 1" );
    $update = mysql_result( $result, 0, 'id' );
    return $update;
}

?>

When the page is initially loaded, populate a JavaScript variable with a number from the database:

<script type="text/javascript">
var pageGenID = 25218603  //  generated by PHP
var processUpdate = function( response ) 
{
    if ( pageGenID < response ) 
    {
        replace_current_data_with_new_via_ajax();
        pageGenID = response;
    }
}
//  Compare our Page Generate ID against that of the server
var checkUpdates = function()
{
    serverPoll = setInterval( function()
    {
        $.get('script_to_return_latest_pageGenID.php', 
          { lastupdate: 1 }, 
          processUpdate, 'html');
    }, 10000 )
};

//  Check for updates every 10 seconds
$( document ).ready( checkUpdates );

</script>

You can also call anim.cancel(); but you should also call anim.reset(); immediately after it. Then when you want to start it again, just call startAnimation on the view.

You should probably override your onResume() to check if the list of alarms have been refreshed so that whenever you come to/come back to your ListActivity, it'll get updated.