Hello TreKing,

Thanks for the reply.

On 22 feb, 01:15, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:59 PM, a2ronus <aaron.jan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, for good usability in an app that I'm developing I would like to
> > expand the status bar to show the user the first time that there is
> > more information to be found on the expanded status bar.
>
> I doubt you can do this and I personally don't think this is "good
> usability". As a user, I want to determine when to expand the status bar,
> not you. You can post a notification with an alert and vibration to let me
> know there's something to check, but I will check when I'm good and ready,
> not when you tell me to. If I had an app that randomly expanded the status
> bar when I was in the middle of something, I would probably promptly
> uninstall it.

Ok, thanks for the idea. But then I still wonder why this permission
can be found in the API.

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Kind regards,

a2ronus

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