Android Question Resume black screen activity on service event

[ecastelli201]

I need to show Main activity, paused to reduce battery consumption (display settings 5 minutes), when an event fires on a service running (AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS)
Is it possible ?
Samsung Galaxy Tab Active3
Android 13

Thank you
enrico

 

[Erel]

You need to request the special "draw over apps" permission. This will allow you to call StartActivity(Main) from the service.

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