How about not using an activity? A pending intent can send a broadcast, start a service, etc.
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM, klausa2 <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to run an activity without ANY screen output. The screen should > not blink or anything. How? > > Bachgroung: > I have an Appwidget. whenever it gets clicked I want to write > something to a DB. > > So, via 'setOnClickPendingIntent' I start an activity that does that > and finishes. But, the screen goes black for a short time, while the > activity is running. How can I avoid that? Omitting 'setContentView' > does not help, neither does a layout without any views. A service > instead of an activity could do that, but I cant start a service by > setting a 'setOnClickPendingIntent' (or can I?). > > Any ideas? > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
