Pop up dialog in Android home screen

Question

Is it possible to show pop up dialog (AlertDialog) in home screen on the android device via services?

Answer 1

You could create an Activity with the Theme.Dialog theme. In your AndroidManifest.xml file add the theme to the activity, like this:

From your service simply start this Activity. You will have to start the activity with the Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag. See How to start an Activity from a Service