Thanks for the update!  That is good to know

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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Chris
<[email protected]>wrote:

>
> I finally managed to do some testing on a HTC Hero.  It does seem that
> the LayoutParams are specific to the activity.  Setting full
> brightness on one activity went back to normal once I closed the
> activity/it lost focus.
>
> On 30 Sep, 09:41, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I know how you feel, I often get the same on other forums where I have
> > more expertise.  I will do some testing once I have a device to hand
> > as the emulator gives no indication of the brightness.  Once I know
> > for sure I will post here again.
> >
> > On Sep 30, 6:35 am, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > My apologies if I seemed a little curt in my original response.
> >
> > > There are quite a few people who post questions without doing any work
> for
> > > themselves to find an answer... and I had already answered two other
> people
> > > today who fit into this category.  It took me 2 minutes to look on the
> SDK
> > > docs to find the answer for them.
> >
> > > It gets a little old and it seemed that your question fit into that
> category
> > > as well.  I really don't know the answer to the question.  Perhaps
> someone
> > > else can answer this, or, when you get your phone, you could post your
> > > findings.
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Justin
> >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > There are only 10 types of people in the world...
> > > Those who know binary and those who don't.
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> >
> > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Chris
> > > <[email protected]>wrote:
> >
> > > > I haven't tested as I still have a week until the phone arrives.  I
> am
> > > > doing a few learning android exercise type apps and 1 felt would be a
> > > > good basis for learning the app lifecycle/structure would be a
> "torch"
> > > > app with settings for things like the brightness and so on.  But
> > > > generally yes, I agree messing with the brightness would normally be
> a
> > > > bad idea, which is why I am curious if I needed to return it to what
> > > > it was or if it was app/activity centric.
> >
> > > > I will do some testing once I have a phone to test on.
> >
> > > > On Sep 29, 7:35 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Have you tried some testing to see what behavior you get?
> >
> > > > > Also, in my opinion, I wouldn't be messing with the screen
> brightness
> > > > unless
> > > > > there is a real good reason to.  I have my phone settings set
> exactly how
> > > > I
> > > > > want them.  If an app changed them without a VERY good reason I
> would be
> > > > > extremely annoyed and probably uninstall the app.
> >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Justin
> >
> > > > >
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> > > > > There are only 10 types of people in the world...
> > > > > Those who know binary and those who don't.
> > > > >
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> >
> > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Chris
> > > > > <[email protected]>wrote:
> >
> > > > > > I am using WindowManager.LayoutParams to set the brightness of my
> > > > > > actvity.  My question is, is this activity centric, app centric
> or
> > > > > > does this change the current system brightness meaning I need to
> clean
> > > > > > up the brightness back to what it was in my onPause?
> >
>

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