There are actually a lot of dialogs you will see in the base platform that are implemented this way. It definitely works. Having the content behind go black typically indicates your theme is messed up and telling the system you have a full-screen UI even though you don't, so it mistakenly thinks it can free the surface of the activity behind it.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm Theme.Dialog works. I use it in my own app without any > issue whatsoever. The background activity is still visible dimmed. > > On Jun 6, 12:55 pm, Qi Luo <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Qi Luo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've tried this, but I didn't figure out how to build a real > dialog-like > > > and > > > > modal activity. Here's 2 issues I ran into, > > > > 1. I created a dialog-themed activity, but the background of it was > > > always > > > > black, and the main activity under it was totally invisible. > > > > >http://android-coding.blogspot.com/2011/05/make-you-app-looked-like-d. > .. > > > > I did try this way, Theme.Dialog style was applied. The above link seemed > > perfect, but, when it was started as a sub-activity, it showed up at > center > > of screen, dialog appearance, but the rest of screen was totally black. > > Some guys got same problem. > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4394 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. activity could be started and expect a result back, but there's no > > > sync > > > > response. > > > > > You don't need "sync response". > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > > >http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguy > > >http://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > > Android 3.0 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books > > > > > -- > > > 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- Hide quoted > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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 > -- 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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
