Perhaps you could create an interface for your Activity-clients to implement. You then pass to your library class a reference to "this" (now a YourLibraryInterface).
Marina On Jan 10, 2013 7:10 p.m., "Kevin Duffey" <andjar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Couldn't someone using this library call it from within an Activity, > passing "this" to that code and using "this" create the activity at that > point when it's needed? > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Monty Jain <montyj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Basically I want to develop a library which perform certain task which >> > involves running certain series of steps. >> > one of the steps can be involve starting an activity(UI to get input) >> and >> > use that data to finish that step. >> > >> > So is this bad design that a library starting an activity.. from android >> > perspective >> > >> > From scenario perspective we should be able to do that right? >> >> No, unless the library is defining an activity which the app using the >> library perhaps is subclassing, and then only if the library's >> activity is the one executing these "steps" and collecting data from >> the user via startActivityForResult(). >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> Aqui estão alguns sites onde você pode perguntar ou responder dúvidas >> sobre desenvolvimento de aplicações para Android: >> http://www.andglobe.com >> >> -- >> 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 -- 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
