On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Pent <[email protected]> wrote: >> So you are saying the user doesn't want to know who is playing sounds in the >> background and have a clear way to get to the app to stop it? > > A service doesn't need foreground to play noises in the background. > > If it IS foreground, the notification doesn't help to 'get to it' or > stop it.
The Notification should lead the user to an activity that offers control over the service (e.g., music player taking the user to where the pause/stop button is). > My app needs a permanent background service for monitoring. Why? > We can't even change the icon dynamically to give it some > informational > use, as I recall. Sure you can. > They can't stop the service via the notification. As mentioned above, the Notification should lead the user to an activity that offers control over the service. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 2.2 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
