It will only modify the screen while that window/activity is being shown to the user. This allows it to be done in a safe way (no permission required) which the system can recover from if there is a bug in the application (or if the application gets killed for some reason, as we tend to do).
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Todd Sjolander <guyfantas...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Do you mean that the brightness changes will only affect a particular > Activity or process, like a new xml tag for the activity or > application tag? > > Also, thanks for the quick reply! > > On Apr 8, 3:49 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > There is a new API to be able to force the screen brightness while your > > window is on-screen. > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Todd Sjolander <guyfantas...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dianne, > > > > > Is there a new way to do this in Cupcake, or is the functionality > > > being removed? > > > > > On Mar 23, 1:37 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > This is a private API and will break in Cupcake. > > > > > > -- > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > hack...@android.com > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
