Activities are meant for the user to interact with, so no. You can create a service, and call it with startService(Intent). There are some nice examples of services in API Demos: http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/index.html (look for RemoteService and RemoteServiceBinding)
On Apr 22, 11:27 am, DulcetTone <dulcett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way to call startActivity(Intent) without the newly started > activity displacing the current one as the active, foreground > activity? > > If not purely so, are there near approximation to this effect that can > be done, such as mimicking a back keypress event right after calling > startActivity()? If so, which means is preferred? > > Thanks in advance. > > tone > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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