[android-developers] Re: How to start Activity from Service (if not already started)?

2010-03-19 Thread AuxOne
On the whole, that's not a good idea. Popping up an Activity in the middle of whatever the user is doing will not be popular. There are certain circumstances where this is appropriate -- incoming VOIP calls, etc. -- but should not be done in general. Users will attack you with sharp pointy

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to start Activity from Service (if not already started)?

2010-03-19 Thread Mark Murphy
AuxOne wrote: On the whole, that's not a good idea. Popping up an Activity in the middle of whatever the user is doing will not be popular. There are certain circumstances where this is appropriate -- incoming VOIP calls, etc. -- but should not be done in general. Users will attack you with

[android-developers] Re: How to start Activity from Service (if not already started)?

2010-03-19 Thread AuxOne
Sorry if I seem confused... Call getContentResolver() in your Service. I'm also doing things like .sendBroadcast() to refresh the photo gallery, .openFileInput() from the Activity. So doesn't that mean GetContentResolver() won't work for me? Your example code has the Alarm scheduled from

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to start Activity from Service (if not already started)?

2010-03-19 Thread Mark Murphy
AuxOne wrote: Like, what If the phone boots up and that starts the Alarm, but then the app is closed and manually restarted. Won't the previous alarm still be in memory? No, outstanding alarms are flushed on a reboot. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com |

[android-developers] Re: How to start Activity from Service (if not already started)?

2010-03-19 Thread AuxOne
Is there any advantages / disadvantages to having the Service start the AlarmManager, as opposed to the AlarmManager starting the Service? I though Services were more robust. On Mar 19, 10:50 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: AuxOne wrote: Like, what If the phone boots up and