Re: [android-developers] Re: Long process before a dialog is opened

2011-05-10 Thread Satya Komatineni
Or (if I understand your context right) better yet, show a progress dialog when the menu is clicked and when the progress dialog finishes show your special dialog thereby fulfilling both requirements of visibility and long running process. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Satya Komatineni wro

Re: [android-developers] Re: Long process before a dialog is opened

2011-05-10 Thread Satya Komatineni
I have thought about this a bit further. You should be able to do this with some work. If I am not mistaken what you are wanting to do is a special case of something like a "Progress Dialog" except it is custom and the user wants to dismiss it explicitly. Also you must not wait for the onPostExec

[android-developers] Re: Long process before a dialog is opened

2011-05-06 Thread venkata raidu
Thank you Satya. Using Activity would solve the problem. But, I thought, by using a dialog, the user don't have to leave the current screen and also, since the dialog is transparent, the user can see the background always. By the way, I own your book. It is a very good comprehensive book for Andro

[android-developers] Re: Long process before a dialog is opened

2011-05-06 Thread venkata raidu
Thank you Satya. Using Activity would solve the problem. But, I thought, by using a dialog, the user don't have to leave the current screen and also, since the dialog is transparent, the user can see the background always. By the way, I own your book. It is a very good comprehensive book for Andro