Android activity popup on lockscreen

Question

Ok, first time asking, I couldn't find a solution anywhere..

I'm trying to create an activity that pops up on the lockscreen, kinda like Handcent does (or even Viber, maybe? Can't remember), but I can't for the life of me find a solution that actually works, be it flags, system alert and such

So far I only managed to achieve a workaround by having a dialog themed app and unlocking the phone before showing it but that's not what I'd like to have in the final product, plus it doesn't unlock all kinds of lockscreen (based on user feedbacks, I've had reports of Handcent successfully displaying a dialog while my app can't unlock it)

Is there any tutorial or code snippet for this?

Answer 1

For Unlocking the Phone programatically this should help. And as you are already using the Dialog Theme, your application's "pop-up" requirements are completed.