Well, that is actually not a bad idea. Thanks for the tip !
On Feb 16, 12:58 am, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com> wrote:
> Since you're going to do this from your service, why don't you have your
> Activity register with the service when it is started or resumed, unregister
> when it is paused or stopped, and then just have the service keep track of
> whether the activity is active that way?
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:44 PM, pperotti <pablo.pero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well ... maybe to clarify what Im trying to get done. I want just to
> > launch a notification to the user only if he is not in one of the
> > "screens" (Activities) of my application. If the user find himself
> > using the application I just want to move him to the next screen.
> > Basically ...
>
> > if ( <the user is using my app) {
> > startActivity(new Intent(...) );
> > }
> > else{
> > // Launch the appropriate notification just not to be intrusive
> > }
>
> > I was checking in the Activity/ActivityManager public interface, but I
> > dont quite get how to check if the user is actually using my
> > application of not.
>
> > Can you explain me a bit more how to do this with the approach you
> > mention ? or if there is an alternative way to do it ?
>
> > Thanks again for the time.
> > Pablo
>
> > On Feb 13, 12:57 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > > Please don't do this, these APIs are only really for writing system
> > > information tools. For example, for this to work correctly need to
> > retrieve
> > > -all- possible running activities (which can be 10, 20, 30, or more),
> > have
> > > all of that information copied to your process, and look through it for
> > the
> > > activity you are interested in.
>
> > > If your code is in a service a good way to do this is to just have the
> > > activity tell the service when it is resumed.
>
> > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Dan Raaka <micromys...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > Get the RunningTaskInfo through the ActivityManager
> > > > and do a name match for the activity name you want to exclude and send
> > > > the notification
>
> > > > -Dan
>
> > > > On Feb 12, 5:34 pm, pperotti <pablo.pero...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi, does anybody knows if it is possible to check if an Activity is
> > at
> > > > > a moment of the time visible ?
>
> > > > > My question is because I want to implement a service and only invoke
> > a
> > > > > different activity (by launching an Intent) only if the previous
> > > > > activity was visible. In case for instance, the user is in a
> > different
> > > > > application I just want to send a notification.
>
> > > > > My problem is that I dont know how to determine if my application is
> > > > > being use at a particular time, so, I can properly move to the user
> > to
> > > > > the right screen.
>
> > > > > Thanks !
> > > > > Pablo
>
> > > --
> > > Dianne Hackborn
> > > Android framework engineer
> > > hack...@android.com
>
> > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public
> > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them.
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