Hi Frank I tried to use the PendingIntent but won't work for me may be i was doing it wrong, Basically i need to start the simple background service that will get the updates periodically from webserver and look for new coupons there.if he found any new coupon then i simply need to present user a chioce either to view the updated coupon or not,
Basically i want to start a new activity from a background service,Is that possible ?,Please help. On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Frank Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you should know that an Android service is not meant to > interact with the user directly, as with a dialog. > > Aside from questioning why the user input is needed in the midst of > the service and whether the entire background process needs to be > performed in a service, here's what I'd recommend: > > Split the service into two or three parts. The first would be up to > the point of requesting the user's choice, the other one or two would > be the branches of the user choice. Use a notification (pending > intent, handler) at the branch part (the Android way of having a > service ask or provide information to the user). You can use a single > service instead of several by using a state machine pattern (the > service does different things depending on its state). > > hth > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- *Thanks and Regards Ajmer Singh* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
