Thanks Dianne! On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Dianne Hackborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> This is working as intended, please don't try to work around it. Popping > dialogs up on the user from outside of where they are currently working is > an ugly thing to do. > > If you need to get the user's attention from outside of your application, > the notification manager is the recommended solution. > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:29 PM, android dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have an activity which listens to certain event from another >> application. In onReceive, I fire a dialog box. How do I get the dialog >> box to appear on top of the other application? What's happening is that the >> dialog box does not appear while the other application still running. But >> as soon as I close the other application, it goes back to my activity, and >> the dialog box stays there. >> >> Do I need to convert the activity to a service? >> >> Thanks, >> J >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
