/* * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package android.support.v4.app; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Build; /** * Helper for accessing features in {@link android.app.Activity} * introduced after API level 4 in a backwards compatible fashion. */ public class ActivityCompat { /** * Invalidate the activity's options menu, if able. * *
Before API level 11 (Android 3.0/Honeycomb) the lifecycle of the * options menu was controlled primarily by the user's operation of * the hardware menu key. When the user presses down on the menu key * for the first time the menu was created and prepared by calls * to {@link Activity#onCreateOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu)} and * {@link Activity#onPrepareOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu)} respectively. * Subsequent presses of the menu key kept the existing instance of the * Menu itself and called {@link Activity#onPrepareOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu)} * to give the activity an opportunity to contextually alter the menu * before the menu panel was shown.
* *In Android 3.0+ the Action Bar forces the options menu to be built early * so that items chosen to show as actions may be displayed when the activity * first becomes visible. The Activity method invalidateOptionsMenu forces * the entire menu to be destroyed and recreated from * {@link Activity#onCreateOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu)}, offering a similar * though heavier-weight opportunity to change the menu's contents. Normally * this functionality is used to support a changing configuration of Fragments.
* *Applications may use this support helper to signal a significant change in * activity state that should cause the options menu to be rebuilt. If the app * is running on an older platform version that does not support menu invalidation * the app will still receive {@link Activity#onPrepareOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu)} * the next time the user presses the menu key and this method will return false. * If this method returns true the options menu was successfully invalidated.
* * @param activity Invalidate the options menu of this activity * @return true if this operation was supported and it completed; false if it was not available. */ public static boolean invalidateOptionsMenu(Activity activity) { if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) { ActivityCompatHoneycomb.invalidateOptionsMenu(activity); return true; } return false; } /** * Start a set of activities as a synthesized task stack, if able. * *In API level 11 (Android 3.0/Honeycomb) the recommended conventions for * app navigation using the back key changed. The back key's behavior is local * to the current task and does not capture navigation across different tasks. * Navigating across tasks and easily reaching the previous task is accomplished * through the "recents" UI, accessible through the software-provided Recents key * on the navigation or system bar. On devices with the older hardware button configuration * the recents UI can be accessed with a long press on the Home key.
* *When crossing from one task stack to another post-Android 3.0, * the application should synthesize a back stack/history for the new task so that * the user may navigate out of the new task and back to the Launcher by repeated * presses of the back key. Back key presses should not navigate across task stacks.
* *startActivities provides a mechanism for constructing a synthetic task stack of * multiple activities. If the underlying API is not available on the system this method * will return false.
* * @param activity Start activities using this activity as the starting context * @param intents Array of intents defining the activities that will be started. The element * length-1 will correspond to the top activity on the resulting task stack. * @return true if the underlying API was available and the call was successful, false otherwise */ public static boolean startActivities(Activity activity, Intent[] intents) { if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) { ActivityCompatHoneycomb.startActivities(activity, intents); return true; } return false; } }