Thank you for all those who replied.

But Toast is the only UI component I could find that appears over the
incoming call dialog.  I need to show some information when an
incoming call arrives.  This is why I am using the Toast.




On Jul 24, 1:34 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> It sounds like you are abusing toasts.  How about just showing your own
> dialog that is set up to not get focus or be touchable?  You can use this
> background to make it look like a toast:
>
> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.drawable.html#toast_...
>
> And this animation style for the same fade effect:
>
> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.style.html#Animation...
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Mohamed Amir <mohamed.a...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> > Is there a way to make the Toast last for longer time?
>
> > I have tried this code
>
> >                        Toast t = new Toast(this);
> >                        View v = View.inflate(this, R.toast_layout, null);
> >                        t.setView(v);
> >                        t.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
> >                        t.show();
> >                        t.show();
> >                        t.show();
>
> > By calling show() method more than once, I hoped this would give a
> > similar effect to lasting for longer time with some flickering, but I
> > didn't see any difference.
> > Is there some limit to the number of times that show() method can be
> > called on the same Toast? e.g. just once per toast instance and
> > further calling has no effect?
>
> > Any ideas to increase that duration?
>
> > Thank you.
>
> --
> 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.
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