To be fair, I obviously do not know for a fact that HTC devices are intentionally ignoring the startForeground() method. Here are the bug reports though so y'all decide... http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9663 && http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9682
As for the status bar icon persistently showing while the app is running, I do this because my app runs silently in the background and auto-responds to text messages therefore I use the icon as a quick visual cue to let the user know it is in fact running. Otherwise I fear they would forget it is running and blame my app for auto-responding when they "think" it shouldn't be. Also, it only shows a short message when the user explicitly starts the service and then shows another short message upon sending the auto-response. In the notification drop down area I have an ongoing notification. Apart from error messages that is pretty much it. If this is incorrect usage of the status bar icon and notification that is fine and I'll conform to whatever y'all suggest, however I really cannot think of a better way of doing it. -- 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
