Note that when you see a raw string like that
("android.intent.action.ALARM_CHANGED"
and "alarmSet"), warning bells should be going off in your head that this is
using private APIs.
And indeed this is.
If you use this, don't be surprised if it breaks in the future on randomly
doesn't work on some devices.
Some background on this: application notifications are supposed to go on the
left side of the status bar. However, the UI designers really really really
wanted the "alarm set" icon to be on the right. We haven't yet figured out
an API to allow third party apps to do this in a sane way, so there is a
private facility for the built-in alarm clock to do it.
If/when a public API ever appears for this, it will very much not be in its
currently implemented form, and any apps relying on these private
implementation details will break.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Andy Savage <nos...@starsphere.net> wrote:
> Good plan, I didn't think of that. In case anyone is searching for
> this solution in the future, the in built alarm sets the icon by
> broadcasting an intent. I acheived this with the following code:
>
> protected void setStatusBarIcon(boolean enabled) {
> Intent alarmChanged = new
> Intent("android.intent.action.ALARM_CHANGED");
> alarmChanged.putExtra("alarmSet", enabled);
> sendBroadcast(alarmChanged);
> }
>
> (Done within the scope an Activity, else you will need to pass a
> Context).
>
>
> On Jan 19, 6:18 pm, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Andy Savage <nos...@starsphere.net>
> wrote:
> > > Both "Klaxon" and "Alarm Clock Plus" do this (Both have free
> > > versions available on market if you want to take a look).
> >
> > So it does. I would grab the built-in alarm source code and see what it's
> > doing. I'd bet that's what they did.
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago
> > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices
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