[android-developers] Re: how to display a Toast from an IntentService?

Hi Mark,
Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately, SystemClock.sleep()
doesn't do the trick. :-(

Cheers,
Steve

On Jun 11, 1:22 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> Flying Coder wrote:
> > So, I have an IntentService that handles button callbacks from a
> > widget.  When the user presses a certain button, I want to display a
> > Toast.  I return from onHandleIntent almost immediately after doing
> > Toast.show(), which in turn stops the service and kills its thread,
> > which keeps the Toast from actually being displayed.
>
> That's interesting. I've never tried that pattern. I'm a bit surprised
> that the Toast doesn't fire.
>
> > Can anyone suggest an easy way to get the Toast (or something similar)
> > to display from an IntentService?
>
> Have you tried SystemClock.sleep()? It's a serious kludge, but I don't
> know what else you can do.
>
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