I figured out how to get it to work! For the record: I'm unsure of why onPause / onStop won't start an activity in the emulator, if the home button is pressed (SDK 1.5), however a solution is to have onPause create an alarm to do the work for you :)
-Brandon On Nov 27, 3:42 pm, dapaintballer331 <[email protected]> wrote: > The logcat says its launching the activity, however it only is > displayed if the back key triggered this. > > On Nov 27, 3:29 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > dapaintballer331 wrote: > > > So do activities receive anything when the button is pressed? > > > > I thought activities are paused when they become hidden... > > > Activities will be called with onPause() and onStop() when the HOME key > > is pressed. They will be called with those two methods in many other > > scenarios, though (incoming phone call, user launches an application > > from a notification, you start up another activity from your own code, > > etc.). > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android 1.6 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
