No. Android is currently not intended to work on a non-touch device. Please don't add menu items for the notifications on the off-chance that you will run on a non-touch device; if someone builds such a device (or the platform is updated to support them), then access to the status bar will be dealt with in an appropriate way that applications don't need to worry about.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Android Development <[email protected]>wrote: > All right. Thanks for the replies. It would be nice if this is documented > somewhere. > Instead of navigating to Home -->Menu and then notifications, is it not > possible to click on the Menu button in the current activity and then > navigate to Notifications directly from the currently displayed activity ? > > Best Regards. > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> It's possible to access the notifications without a touch screen >> though. Home > Menu > Notifications. >> >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Android currently requires a touch screen. If someone makes a phone >> without >> > a touch screen, they can come up with whatever way they want to get at >> the >> > notifications. Either way, you can always get to them by going home and >> > selecting notifications from the menu, though obviously this is less >> than >> > convenient. >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Android Development < >> [email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I was creating a status bar notification in my application. Once the >> >> notification was received, i had to drag the upper part of the screen >> >> to view it fully and then clicked on it. >> >> >> >> What if the phone does not have a touch screen ? How will the user >> >> bring the status bar notification's content into the foreground >> >> without dragging ? >> >> >> >> Best Regards >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> 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 >> >> >> > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
