Keep in mind that this is not a one-time event. Rather it is an event that the user generates, all I want those other activities to know is whether or not the event was generated by the user while in the background.
On Jun 8, 4:16 pm, Diego Tori <diegotoridoesandr...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's the thing, if I set a shared preference flag or cached flag via > cache object, and they did try to check for that value in onResume, > wouldn't the first activity from the back stack to get the foreground > check its state, then set it back to false after checking for it being > true before having to do work? Even if I didn't reset the flag, every > time it would hit that function, it would still get caught in that > flag, so that isn't really useful. So there is no way that I can just > broadcast one intent that my listening activities can listen to after > the intent is sent as soon as they get the foreground again? > > On Jun 8, 3:16 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Diego Tori > > > <diegotoridoesandr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So I want to achieve the following: suppose I have one Activity in my > > > app that generates an event that I want other Activities in my app's > > > back stack to know about so they can react to it accordingly (i.e. > > > update UI, refresh data via separate Thread, etc...). What strategies > > > would I have to pursue in order to accomplish this? > > > Have them find out about the new information in onResume(). They do > > not need the information before then, since they are not in the > > foreground. > > > > Would I have to set up BroadcastReceivers and if so, how would I set > > > up the receivers? > > > No. > > > > Also, for this case, would it make sense to register > > > and un-register the receiver(s) in onCreate and onDestroy > > > respectively, since using onResume and onPause would prevent it from > > > listening in when receiving Activity is in the background? > > > No. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android 3.0 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
