Create an activity that does nothing but display a dialog and start the activity from the service.
*> Having searched about this I know the normal thing to do is to display > a status bar notification, however I want to interrupt the user and > stop them doing whatever they currently are. Is there any way to do > this? I know its considered bad programming, but it won't be as > intrusive as it sounds! * I would seriously consider using the status bar notification. If I installed an app and it did that to me it would be uninstalled immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Tom Reay <tomfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Now I know that a dialog has to be started from an activity. However > I have a service running and I want it to be able to display a > dialog. > > Having searched about this I know the normal thing to do is to display > a status bar notification, however I want to interrupt the user and > stop them doing whatever they currently are. Is there any way to do > this? I know its considered bad programming, but it won't be as > intrusive as it sounds! > Thanks > Tom Reay > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
