Thanks for your reply. I guess my initial question can therefore be reduced to: How can an activity know when a service has performed a task?
On 21/07/2011, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Fred Niggle <fred.nig...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> What I am writing is a meds reminder app, which has the option of >> letting a career know if the app is not acknowledged and responded to. >> >> The idea is that when the alarm event fires it triggered a sound >> (alert) to be played (notify user to take meds), and if the alert is >> not cancelled inside of a given time, then an sms is sent to inform >> the carer. >> >> I have most of the code nicely nailed down, except spawning a screen >> or alert dialogue which has the Cancel button on it, and it is with >> this matter that I seek help. >> >> As you note in your reply, it is how to Bind the code from the >> .alarmservice to trigger the alert dialogue or screen in which I am >> lacking understanding and would hugely appreciate assistance. > > You don't "Bind the code from the .alarmservice to trigger the alert > dialogue or screen". You just start an activity or raise a > Notification from the service. If you wish to start an activity, use > startActivity() like you would anywhere else. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.5 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en