One idea: Try using an intermediary Activity that is lightweight & completely transparent, it handles the decision as to whether to show the Toast message or instead of "starting" your App (seems your App is already started, though, since you've created a QSB...).
On Mar 15, 11:32 am, ClarkBattle <[email protected]> wrote: > When a user clicks on a cached Quick Search Box shortcut it takes the > user to an activity that they should not see if they are in airplane > mode. I would like to show them a toast or a notification from within > the QSB, without showing my app. The message will be "You can not > view this content while offline". > > If I simply show a toast from my QuickSearchActivity.onCreate(), then > finish() it shows the toast over my app. I want it to show the toast > over the QSB. Even if I put the finish() in the onResume() or put it > in a postDelayed() it still shows the app. Strange. If it is > possible to show a toast over the QSB in response to an item being > clicked then how do you do it? > > If you cant show a toast over the QSB then a notification is > acceptable. However, I still need to NOT show my app (and not change > its activity stack if it is running in the background). > > Basically I need my Activity to just notify the user through a toast > or notification and stay in the background, never showing itself. > How? > > Thanks -- 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
