Hopefully someone can hit us up with some open source examples. This
would be amazing as an optional feature in application. Just cause
some users would not want to use the option isn't a reason to never
have it!
On Jan 16, 8:48 pm, Hari Edo wrote:
> Another program called SoftKeys does this by way of a running
> Service. It offers access to the usually-mandated hardware keys
> like MENU, BACK, HOME, SEARCH, even for those few oddball
> devices like NOOKcolor that do not include those keys.
>
> An IME keyboard is also a form of this kind of "UI overlay" that
> people see all the time. I am just guessing, but any soft keyboard
> is likely another example of a service that spawns interface bits.
>
> However, I can see this sort of thing being more nuisance than
> godsend... one person's "great uses" is another person's clutter.
>
> On Jan 16, 9:34 pm, pcm2a wrote:
>
>
>
> > That subject may sound crazy and before today I thought it was
> > impossible. There is a free app called Super Manager on the market.
> > This app gives you a little button to press that is overlayed
> > everywhere. No matter if you are on your home screen, gmail or the
> > browser that icon is overlayed.
>
> > Pressing the icon brings up the app interface which is a little box.
> > This box is also overlayed on top of your already running application
> > like dolphin.
>
> > While the icon overlay or app overlay is on the screen you can still
> > interact with the app you were running!
>
> > How can I accomplish something like this in my code? I can think of
> > many great uses.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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