I'm not sure you can show a toast from a service. You might have send a broadcast and catch that in the current view then display the toast their
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lbendlin Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:19 PM To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] Re: == How to Toast or Notify in response to ACTION_VIEW without showing my app == I run this Toast toast = new Toast(getApplication()); toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG); toast.setView(toastView); toast.show(); from a service. Shows reliably on top of everything even if the application is not there. On Mar 15, 3:29 pm, ClarkBattle <[email protected]> wrote: > Nope. That doesnt work either. > > Here is my code for the activity that responds to the QSB. You'll see > that I am using the application context for the toast. > My app shows with the toast over it. If it is possible to show a > toast over the QSB then how? (Example code) > > public class GlobalSearchActivity extends Activity { > @Override > protected void onCreate( Bundle savedInstanceState ) > { > super.onCreate( savedInstanceState ); > > String extra = > getIntent().getStringExtra( SearchManager.EXTRA_DATA_KEY ); > if( extra == null ) > finish(); > > if( ActivityHelpers.isOffline() ) > { > String message = "You can not view this > content while offline"; > Toast.makeText( getApplicationContext(), > message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); > finish(); > } > else > { > Intent myIntent = new Intent( this, > SplashScreen.class ); > > myIntent.setAction( getIntent().getAction() ); > Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras(); > if( extras != null && extras.size() > 0 ) > myIntent.putExtras( extras ); > > try > { > this.startActivity( myIntent ); > } > catch( ActivityNotFoundException > activityNotFoundException ) > {} > > finish(); > } > } > > } -- 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 -- 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
