Re: [android-developers] When to show a dialog from Fragment and when not to

Hi,

You could try using Fragment.isVisible() to determine whether the fragment is visible and can trigger a dialog. For situations where fragment is in the background you could use a Toast perhaps?

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On Apr 14, 2013, at 4:25 PM, William Ferguson <william.ferguson@xandar.com.au> wrote:

> I have a Fragment that fires an async task to connect to a remote server. If it fails to connect (eg times out) then I use use a Handler to display a dialog to the user.
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> final DialogFragment newFragment = AlertDialogFragment.createConnectionFailedDialog(getSupportActivity());
> newFragment.show(getFragmentManager());

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