Hi Justin, The WindowManagerService itself had a context variable named mContext. I used it to start an activity and It worked..
Thanks for the help. On Mar 9, 6:30 am, Justin Anderson <janderson....@gmail.com> wrote: > If WindowManagerService inherits from Service then you shouldn't need to use > getContext(). You should be able to just use the this pointer (either > implicitly or explicitly). > > Unfortunately, I have no experience modifying the Android source and don't > have access to that class via the SDK so I can't help out much. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Revathi K J Ramanan < > > revathiramana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI Justin, > > > I am modifying the android source code. > > > The error i am encountering is > > > cannot find symbol. > > startActivity(Intent).. > > > Should i use getContext().startActivity(Intent)??? > > I am trying this in dispatchKey() function in windowManagerService . > > > Thanks in advance > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Justin Anderson > > <janderson....@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> What error are you getting? What is the code you are using to launch the > >> activity? Is this for an SDK app or are you modifying and building the > >> Android source? > > >> On Feb 28, 2010 9:35 PM, "Gladys" <revathiramana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> Does the startActivity() works when used inside windowManagerService > >> function? > > >> I am trying to identify a keyPress Event and if it haooens i want to > >> start an activity before allowing the code to go to ViewRoot part and > >> the application's onKeyDown function. > > >> I am trying to use startActivity() from dispatchKey() in > >> WindowManagerService. > >> But it is ahowing me an error. > > >> Can some one help me out > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Beginners" g... > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > >> NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > >>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
