> On the whole, that's not a good idea. Popping up an Activity in the > middle of whatever the user is doing will not be popular. There are > certain circumstances where this is appropriate -- incoming VOIP calls, > etc. -- but should not be done in general. Users will attack you with > sharp pointy things.
The reason I need the Activity is because I'm making some queries to the Contact database and I need to the ContentResolver. Is there a better way? Can't it launch "minimized"? > > How > > do I actually start the Activity? The code above only starts the > > AlarmManager and Service. > > startActivity() from some Context (e.g., the Service). > Do you mean the AppService class? I'm trying to do "startActivity()" from the doWakefulWork but there doesn't appear to be a Context. OnAlarmReceiver seems to have a context though. > > And what about the situation where the user first installs your > > application and may not even reboot their phone for a week. In that > > case, do you have to start the Service from the Activity? > > Probably not. You probably schedule your alarm from the Activity. So, on > first run, you set up your alarm when the user fires off the Activity > for the first time. After that, you let the BOOT_COMPLETED receiver > handle scheduling the alarms. Your example code has the Alarm scheduled from the BootReceiver, how do I make the Activity schedule it? And what about issues were I'm trying to start an Activity that is already running, like the second time they launch the app. Thanks again -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
