No, this is not what activities are for. You could have a background service that places a system-level window on to the screen while it is running, but your application will need to have permission to do so. Right now this permission is available to applications, but we're still deciding if this will remain the case for the 1.0 product. (These window types are really only intended for system UI, and not used by any normal applications.)
On Apr 1, 1:15 pm, radu weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I want to have a very small button in a corner of the screen, that > launches selection of shortcuts when it is clicked. The very small > button should be always on top for easy access. > > In it's tucked away state, it is comparable in function and form with > the iPhone Dock 3rd party App > (http://www.pqdvd.com/blog/iphone/iphone-news/dock-iphone-mod-to-enabl... > ). As you can see this one is almost invisible unless summoned by the > user. > > I have been looking around the API and reading around the discussions, > and from what i gather there is no way to display always on top > content other then on the notify bar, and that bar can not be > interacted with in other ways then that tray that extends when you > drag down. Judging by the replies of the Android devs, the reason > behind this seems to be a form of protection of the user against to > "intrusive" apps. > > I have to questions: > > 1. Is there any way i can have my always on top small button in the > corner? > > 2. If the above is not possible, is it because of a design philosophy > that protects against things such as always-on-top intrusion, or is it > just a current API limitation? > > regards, > Radu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
