Toast.LENGTH_LONG is only a constant number of milliseconds. You can use any number of milliseconds if you like but there might be a maximum.
Example: t.setDuration(999999999999); Scott On Jul 23, 10:31 pm, Mohamed Amir <mohamed.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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: > > > > 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. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
