[incarnis]

Hi

I have an app which extends Application - in other words, it has no UI.

If it fails, I need to display a dialog to the user before quitting. So I use the following code:

    public void message(String text)
    {
       synchronized(Application.getEventLock())
       {    
            UiEngine ui = Ui.getUiEngine();
            Screen screen = new Dialog(Dialog.D_OK, text, Dialog.OK,
                                       Bitmap.getPredefinedBitmap(Bitmap.EXCLAMATION),
                                       Manager.VERTICAL_SCROLL);
            ui.pushGlobalScreen(screen, 1, UiEngine.GLOBAL_QUEUE);
        }
    }

The problem is, if I do:

message("Error - exiting application");
System.exit(1);

...the dialog box flashes up and disappears. I guess this is because there is no app owning the dialog.

Is there a way to wait until OK has been pressed before exiting?

Thanks

Simon

[andreybutov]

The third parameter into pushGlobalScreen(...) takes an "inputRequired" boolean. Set that to true and you'll be all set.

Cheers!

[Ivanov]

public void pushGlobalScreen(Screen screen, int priority, boolean inputRequired) is deprecated since 4.2.0.

use

UiEngine.GLOBAL_MODAL -- block until the screen closes

[andreybutov]

Antair targets 4.1 devices and higher, so we build with 4.1 -- works fine on everything from 4.1 to 4.7 -- deprecated != removed or unusable.

[Ivanov]

cannot imagine something is working fine on 4.7 device in compatibility mode... excepting there is no GUI of course...
you are right deprecated != removed, at least for the moment.

just to quote a RIM's guy: "It is recommended to avoid deprecated APIs. An API is marked as deprecated to inform developers that it could be removed in the future. The JavaDocs for deprecated APIs typically direct to the recommended replacement API."