Jason Van Anden wrote: > I released BubbleBeats last week. I asked some people I know for > feedback. A few said "how come you cannot turn it off?". One of my > comments was "I removed the app because I could not turn it off." One > of these people is an Android developer! > > The reason people think they cannot "turn it off" is two fold ... > first, they don't understand that you don't turn things off in Android > ... fair enough. > > Perhaps more importantly ... my app gives the impression that it > cannot be turned off because its notification uses FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT. > The reason I did this was because BubbleBeats is a music player, and > the notification displays the name of the most recently picked song > whether it is paused or not. When you select the notification, it > takes you to that bubble/song. This makes sense to me. > > My question ... am I using this flag incorrectly? Does it matter if > the impact gives users the impression that they cannot close my app? > > I would really appreciate any feedback anyone out there may have.
I just installed your app. I see what they're complaining about, and I tend to agree with the complaints. Keeping a FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT *while you are playing music* makes perfect sense. However, if I pause, that Notification should get canceled, so it goes away. In other words, you may wish to follow the pattern the users may be used to from the built-in media player, StreamFurious, and similar apps. If you really think it is a compelling feature, at least make it user-toggle-able via a preference. As it stands right now, if you run your app *once*, that Notification seems like it will be there until: -- You force-close the app -- You uninstall the app -- You reboot your phone, remove the battery, attack your phone with a sledgehammer, etc. -- Ragnarok (at which point, the issue becomes rather moot) Certainly, it is not obvious how you make that Notification go away by any other means. Oh, and for those who didn't get the John Hodgman _The Areas of My Expertise_ reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok ;-) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Beginning Android_ from Apress Now Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
