I don't understand why do you want to force to display your activity. Is this a must for your requirement? It would be better to display notification from a background service, clicking the notification will forward to your activity screen.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:42 AM, pink 444 <pnk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Even if the platform does allow it, I have to agree with RichardC that > > it's not a good idea. If the user has moved on from your activity to > > another, why do you know better than they that yours is more > > important? > > As soon as i receive network event can i create a new activity and > destroy previous activity if at all it is not active. > > There should be some feasible design because android is handling > incoming call indication .I think it is also handling similar type of > problems. > > Please guide me in a right way. > > > > On Oct 20, 5:49 pm, String <sterling.ud...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Reread RichardC's reply. There's good reason to believe that the > > platform doesn't allow - indeed shouldn't allow - arbitrary apps to > > bring their activities to the foreground without user action. > > > > Even if the platform does allow it, I have to agree with RichardC that > > it's not a good idea. If the user has moved on from your activity to > > another, why do you know better than they that yours is more > > important? > > > > I suggest you rethink your architecture to achieve your desired result > > without using this technique. For example: > > - update a database from a background service when the network action > > of interest occurs > > - update your activity's GUI from the database the next time the USER > > brings it to the foreground > > > > String > > > > On Oct 20, 12:17 pm, pink 444 <pnk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your replay. > > > > > But the thing here is if at all we click on the notification only > > > intent will bring the Activity up. > > > > > I want to bring the activity to foreground without clicking any > > > thing.For that what can i do. > > > > > Can i bring the activity to foreground using notifications without > > > clicking any button or do i need to use any other concept? > > > > > On Oct 20, 3:31 pm, Nithin <nithin.war...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Shiva, > > > > > > try this, may help... > > > > > > whichever activity, that you want to put in the foreground, use an > > > > Intent, by setting this flag... > > > > > > intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_BROUGHT_TO_FRONT); > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Nithin > > > > > > On Oct 20, 3:20 pm, pink 444 <pnk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > What i want to implement is i have a service which will wait on > a > > > > > socket for network events. > > > > > On some network events service has to notify the application > activity > > > > > to update GUI elements. > > > > > > > If at all my activity is not running how can i update GUI.At any > i > > > > > have to update GUI as soon as network events occurred. > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 2:54 pm, RichardC <richard.crit...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I have had a quick look and can't see anyway to do what you want > > > > > > (there might be a way I just can't find it). > > > > > > > > One of the reasons if I read about (on other platforms) for NOT > > > > > > implementing "bring my app to the front and make it active right > now" > > > > > > is that it soon degenerates into application wars, with multiple > > > > > > application each trying to be the top-most application. In this > > > > > > situation no one wins and the end-user typically uninstalls both > apps. > > > > > > > > Another way to think about this is - should the end-user be > > > > > > interrupted right now? What if they are doing something more > > > > > > importent than your application such as trying to phone the > emergency > > > > > > services. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > RichardC > > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 10:39 am, pink 444 <pnk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > After studying some articles regarding notifications .I > have > > > > > > > understood something that after clicking on the notification > only > > > > > > > specified activities are activated or brought into foreground. > > > > > > > > > But in my application i have to bring an activity as soon > as a > > > > > > > background event occurred. > > > > > > > > > How can i implement that scenario using Notifications ? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > -Siva. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 1:24 pm, pink 444 <pnk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your replay. > > > > > > > > > > Can u give me a working example for letting an > activity to > > > > > > > > foreground using notifications. > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 19, 6:17 pm, RichardC <richard.crit...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Notificationhttp:// > developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.html > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > RichardC > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 19, 1:57 pm, pink 444 <pnk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hai, > > > > > > > > > > > > In my application i wait on socket for network > events.On some > > > > > > > > > > events i have to bring activity into foreground(make > activity as > > > > > > > > > > running) if at all it is not in the foreground. > > > > > > > > > > > > How can i do this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated highly. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > -Siva > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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