Delay while launching activity from service

Question

I have a broadcast receiver which receives screen off broadcast, and when the screen is turned off, it launches an Activity. I\'ve named this activity LockScreenActivity. I\

Answer 1

Please find the solution here

Using Pending Intent and sending out the request immediately solved the problem for me, hope it helps you too :)

Answer 2

After much digging, found out the cause of the problem. Apparently it's not a bug, it is a feature which does not allow Services or BroadcastReceivers to launch activities for up to 5 seconds after home button is pressed. No easy way to overcome this.

More info here: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4536

I replaced the activity with a Window added to the window manager of the running service. This does not cause any delay.