[android-developers] Re: Triggering an application on a special gesture / event

2009-09-18 Thread Dianne Hackborn
You can only have a service with no UI, which means it can't get any touch events either. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:13 AM, chen ji wrote: > > Can you try service app which has no UI? The service can support to > gesture detection and run your real APP. > > Just for you reference. > > > > On Aug

[android-developers] Re: Triggering an application on a special gesture / event

2009-09-18 Thread chen ji
Can you try service app which has no UI? The service can support to gesture detection and run your real APP. Just for you reference. On Aug 31, 12:41 pm, Dinesh wrote: > hi, > > The App I'm trying to work on requires that when a special combination > of keys are pressed ( irrespective of the

[android-developers] Re: Triggering an application on a special gesture / event

2009-09-18 Thread chen ji
I have a just idea about it. Can you auto run a "service" in the background which has no UI. This service support gestures detection and can run your really APP. Just for your reference. On Sep 2, 8:41 am, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > If you want to modify the system (that is are building your own

[android-developers] Re: Triggering an application on a special gesture / event

2009-09-01 Thread Dianne Hackborn
If you want to modify the system (that is are building your own device), then android-porting is the place to ask. If you aren't doing that, the answer remains that you can't do what you want from an application. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dinesh wrote: > > Alright, then how can I hook int

[android-developers] Re: Triggering an application on a special gesture / event

2009-09-01 Thread Dinesh
Alright, then how can I hook into the system and notify my application of this particular event? Thanks. Dinesh On Aug 30, 11:34 pm, Romain Guy wrote: > No, this is not possible. Applications cannot listen to touch/key > events that are not sent to the application itself. Only the system > can

[android-developers] Re: Triggering an application on a special gesture / event

2009-08-30 Thread Romain Guy
No, this is not possible. Applications cannot listen to touch/key events that are not sent to the application itself. Only the system can do this. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Dinesh wrote: > > hi, > > The App I'm trying to work on requires that when a special combination > of keys are presse