Applications can't do things like the status bar, sorry. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM, George <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have a usecase similar to the status bar. I looked into the > statusbar service code which creates the drop-down notification list > using the WindowManager service. Being part of the framework, it > accesses the WindowManagerImpl APIs and creates it's own window and > adds views to it. I wonder if google will make this class public. > > On May 22, 4:03 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > George wrote: > > > I want to show a view on calling a Service API. > > > > Oh, I hope not. > > > > If the service in question is only used as a local service in support of > > some activity, have the activity update its own UI. > > > > If, on the other hand, the service may be doing something totally in the > > background, use Notifications to alert the user of something. In a > > pinch, use a Toast. > > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com| > http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Android App Developer Training:http://commonsware.com/training.html > > > -- 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
