[android-developers] Re: Status bar notifications only for touch screens ?

2009-10-06 Thread Dianne Hackborn
No. Android is currently not intended to work on a non-touch device. Please don't add menu items for the notifications on the off-chance that you will run on a non-touch device; if someone builds such a device (or the platform is updated to support them), then access to the status bar will be

[android-developers] Re: Status bar notifications only for touch screens ?

2009-10-06 Thread Android Development
Ok. Thanks for the clarification. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.comwrote: No. Android is currently not intended to work on a non-touch device. Please don't add menu items for the notifications on the off-chance that you will run on a non-touch device; if

[android-developers] Re: Status bar notifications only for touch screens ?

2009-10-05 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Android currently requires a touch screen. If someone makes a phone without a touch screen, they can come up with whatever way they want to get at the notifications. Either way, you can always get to them by going home and selecting notifications from the menu, though obviously this is less than

[android-developers] Re: Status bar notifications only for touch screens ?

2009-10-05 Thread Romain Guy
It's possible to access the notifications without a touch screen though. Home Menu Notifications. On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: Android currently requires a touch screen.  If someone makes a phone without a touch screen, they can come up with

[android-developers] Re: Status bar notifications only for touch screens ?

2009-10-05 Thread Android Development
All right. Thanks for the replies. It would be nice if this is documented somewhere. Instead of navigating to Home --Menu and then notifications, is it not possible to click on the Menu button in the current activity and then navigate to Notifications directly from the currently displayed activity