Android - How to display a dialog over a native screen?

Question

I was wondering if anyone can tell if how to pop a dialog screen up over a native Android screen?

I currently have an application that traps an outgoing call and sto

Answer 1

For my application I used an activity with the Dialog theme. You can declare the theme in the manifest file :

• use launcheMode="singleInstance" and taskAffinity="" if your popup is detached from your main application. Otherwise user may click the back button and return to the previous activity of your application.
• excludeFromRecents="true" to avoid your popup to appear in recent tasks (long press home)
• theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog" to set the Dialog theme.