Starting a View from a Service?

Question

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Suppose I have a service and I need a view to pop up above it. In the same time, they both should be intract

Answer 1

I guess you are misusing the word "Service". Service is invisible, Activities are visible.

There are no buttons in an Service!

So you have no choice! You should put both views in one Activity, and I would use a RelativeLayout and set the visibility of your chidren to GONE/Visible.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/RelativeLayout.html

Also using a popup and making the layout under it clickable will disturb the user. You are completely changing User experience. I strongly suggest too make your popup appear at the top/bottom of your initial layout