Re: [android-developers] Re: Are dialogs supposed to be modal?

2011-06-02 Thread Chris
The suggestion to avoid using private APIs is wise. I had a company once that built a model on WinNT 4 and when XP/5.0 came out was rendered obsolete. Just sayin' is all. - C -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to

[android-developers] Re: Are dialogs supposed to be modal?

2011-06-02 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Of course, it's wise, but frankly, only an idiot would use that piece of code -- and you cannot really help those people. On Jun 2, 2:00 pm, Chris crehb...@gmail.com wrote: The suggestion to avoid using private APIs is wise.  I had a company once that built a model on WinNT 4 and when XP/5.0

Re: [android-developers] Re: Are dialogs supposed to be modal?

2011-06-02 Thread Satya Komatineni
Common guys. Give him a bit of credit. Yes. I agree it is a GOOD recommendation to not use private APIs. It is especially good recommendation to not use them for a general purpose facility. Other than that it is a good effort. Someone thinks differently let him experiment. Satya On Thu, Jun

Re: [android-developers] Re: Are dialogs supposed to be modal?

2011-06-02 Thread Streets Of Boston
Experimentation is good. But the post is encouraging to actually use it in actual applications. And so far, i haven't seen a use-case that can only be solved by using modal dialogs that 'block' the calling UI thread. Calling 'showDialog(id)' (pre-Fragment period) makes your underlying activity

[android-developers] Re: Are dialogs supposed to be modal?

2011-06-01 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Why do you care? If people are stupid enough to use it, they deserve that their apps break. On Jun 2, 12:35 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: And dang it, stop telling people to do this. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: You are

Re: [android-developers] Re: Are dialogs supposed to be modal?

2011-06-01 Thread Dianne Hackborn
I care because I don't want to break people's applications. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: Why do you care? If people are stupid enough to use it, they deserve that their apps break. On Jun 2, 12:35 pm, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: