Right - but I only want to display a dialog activity when the screen is off - if the screen is on (ie. user is doing something) then I want to just use a Notification so as not to interrupt the user experience (as recommended in the docs).
So alternatively - is there a way to detect if the screen is on? :) Adam On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > There is no need to find out whether the screen is off for this, just > acquire a wake lock that turns the screen on (if it isn't already) like the > alarm app does. > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Adam K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Yes I realize this, which is why I have a 5 minute timeout on the wakelock >> (and on the notification). I also have this as a preference for my app so >> you can turn it on or off as suits you (some users specifically requested >> this feaure). >> >> IMO, turning on the screen for a short period of time and optionally >> displaying a message (on top of the keyguard) should be a part of a >> Notification object. The built-in alarm does exactly this (which is >> basically what I want to do - except if the user is playing a game or doing >> something when my alarm goes I want to use the regular Notification manager >> so as not to disrupt the user - something the built-in Alarm should probably >> do ...) >> >> So back to my original question - is there a way to detect if the screen >> is off? >> >> Adam >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Forcibly turning the screen on when you're not sure that the user is >>> looking is a sure way to drain the battery in a few hours. You should >>> probably avoid that. >>> >>> JBQ >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Adam K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > Is there a way to detect if the screen is off? I want to be able to >>> > show a dialog if the screen is off (using a wakelock) but if the >>> > screen is on I want to show a notification (so as not to interfere >>> > with what the user is doing). >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Adam >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
