Sorry but I could not understand from what you just mentioned. Can you please elaborate. I can wait but can you let me know as to what and why to wait. I will be very thankful if you could let me know. Actually if anything related to the lock screen (PIN based) is going to be released by Android soon, then I can surely wait and stop working in it.
On May 16, 1:02 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Well best would be to not spend any more time on this particular thing right > now, if you can wait a week or two. > > > > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Soumya <soumyakanti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, and this is okay because the lock screen is not an activity. > > > Activities go in layers below, whose position is dynamically assigned by > > > the window manager. > > > Ok so as Android maintains these layers, the application layer can > > never come on top of the lock screen and the application layer is > > handled by the activity manager. But what is this layer called and how > > does lock screen use it. Can I not be used in the same way so that > > another lock screen can be made in keeping other two lock screens > > untouched. > > > > You'd need to modify the platform's lock screen code. > > > > I suggest waiting a few weeks, though. > > > I actually don't want to modify the present lock screens but is it > > possible that inside the pattern lock screen I can modify the view > > part of the code such that either pattern lock or PIN based lock can > > be displayed based on some settings option? As for the waiting > > suggestion, I could not get it.Is Google releasing next version of > > Android or some lock based API's or a PIN based lock screen. Please do > > let us know. > > > On May 15, 10:01 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Soumya <soumyakanti...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Thank you for the reply. In PhoneWindowManager there are many layers > > > > defined and keyguard has a higher layer priority. Is this the process > > > > that is being used by keyguard to be on top of other windows such as > > > > application layer. Is this the process that has been followed. > > > > Yes, and this is okay because the lock screen is not an activity. > > > Activities go in layers below, whose position is dynamically assigned by > > > the window manager. > > > > > If implementing our lock screen is not possible with activity due to > > > > our requirement then what process can we follow so that we can display > > > > a lock screen (PIN based) along with the default lock screens of > > > > android. > > > > You'd need to modify the platform's lock screen code. > > > > I suggest waiting a few weeks, though. > > > > -- > > > 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > > and > > > answer them. > > > > -- > > > unsubscribe: > > > android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-porting%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > > > -- > > unsubscribe: > > android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-porting%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > > -- > 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- > unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
