You probably shouldn't count pressing the back button as closing the app as you describe here. If there is some ongoing work that it does in the background, you should have a separate UI for the user to start and stop that work, and the ongoing notification should take the user to the corresponding UI.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Gregg Reno <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an app that receives and stores SMS messages. The main use is > to run in the background, although it does have a full GUI when > running in the foreground. I'm using a notification with the > FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT flag so users can tell the application is running, > even if it's in the background. > > However, the user could easily close the app by viewing the main > screen and clicking the back button. The notification icon goes away, > but I would like to be able to warn the user that closing the app > would prevent it from capturing the SMS messages. > > Is there any way to prompt the user if they really want to exit the > application when they hit the back button, and prevent the exit if > they say no? Or should I take a different approach? > > And a bonus question: is there a way of receiving an SMS message, but > prevent it from passing on to, say, the Messenging app? > > Thanks > -Gregg > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
