You can use the various options in WindowManager.LayoutParams to control how your window is sized (you'll want WRAP_CONTENT to not be full screens), where it is placed on screen (absolute position and/or gravity constants to place relative to an edge), etc.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:34 PM, sheng wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > About the "make your window not fullscreen". The activity starts full > screen. I remember some theme can make the activity not fullscreen. But it's > not so flexible, the floating window will be centered on the screen and can > not be moved(correct me if I'm wrong) > > Besides the theme, are there any other way to make a activity not > fullscreen ? > > > > 2010/2/9 Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> > >> Hi, >> >> You can't get the activity behind unless it is your own. Otherwise it is >> in another process and untouchable by you. >> >> There is only ever one activity resumed at a time, so if you are in the >> front and resumed, then the home screen (or whatever) behind you is paused >> (though not stopped because it is still visible). >> >> The only way to let events get to the window behind yours is to make your >> window not fullscreen, and set >> WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL to tell the window manager >> that touches outside of your window should be delivered to whatever is >> behind it. >> >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:17 PM, sheng wang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi GuoBin, >>> >>> 1. My translucent activity will be the root acitivity, and very possible >>> the home screen will be just behind, but what is the programmable way that >>> can get a activity variable equals to the Home Launcher ? >>> >>> >>> >>> 2010/2/8 Guobin <[email protected]> >>> >>>> 1. Possibly there are ways to find the activity behind the current >>>> >>>> one. >>>> Precondition: All activity are fullscreen. >>>> If your activity is the root activity, then Home is in behind. >>>> Otherwise find the previous activity in the task stack. >>>> >>> >>> 1. My translucent activity will be the root acitivity, and very possible >>> the home screen will be just behind, but what is the programmable way that >>> can get a activity variable equals to the Home Launcher in my activity? >>> >>> >>>> 2. You could send the touch event to other activity, but it's useless >>>> I think. >>>> The Android Window Mananger can only handle UI events for one view >>>> hirarchy at one time. >>>> May you send the event to the other activity, but no one can handle >>>> it. >>>> >>> >>> 2. In my understanding the activity behind in OnResume status, but it's >>> still running. I'm really not sure about that I will try some test on it . >>> >>> >>>> >>>> BRs >>>> Guobin >>>> >>>> On Feb 8, 12:50 pm, sheng wang <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Hi GuoBin, >>>> > >>>> > I understand what u mean below. I think that's the standard way the >>>> android >>>> > deal with the event. Event goes through a current path within the >>>> activity. >>>> > No event will go out of the current activity. >>>> > >>>> > As a surround way, is there any method that can let the current >>>> activity >>>> > find out who is behind him? so he might communicate with the one >>>> behind >>>> > it? >>>> > >>>> > Anyway, think you for taking your time to think the question. >>>> > >>>> > Shawn. >>>> > >>>> > 2010/2/8 Guobin <[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> > > > 1. Whether the event can be send down to any thing behind the >>>> current >>>> > > > activity. >>>> > > No, you can't. >>>> > > On the Android platform, you define an Activity's UI using a >>>> hierarchy >>>> > > of View and ViewGroup nodes. >>>> > > Home & your activity are different activity, they have their own >>>> view >>>> > > hierarchy. >>>> > > Key events are always delivered to the View currently in focus. They >>>> > > are dispatched starting from the top of the View hierarchy, and then >>>> > > down, until they reach the appropriate destination. >>>> > > But not the view of other activity. >>>> > >http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/ui-events.html >>>> > >>>> > > Guobin >>>> > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> >>>> <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> > > For more options, visit this group at >>>> > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dianne Hackborn >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> 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 [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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. 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