Activity-backed overlay technique for media display on mobile devices

Abstract

An activity-based overlay technique for displaying media on portable devices. The method includes painting, by a processor of a mobile device, a View container with media content to provide a View of the media content on a display of a mobile device. The processor invokes a backing activity behind the View on a z-axis of the display, the backing activity being configured to perform a monitoring function. An operating system of the mobile device causes the processor to delay execution of the backing activity, but not the painting of the View, subsequent to activation of a predefined button of a user interface of the mobile device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 painting, by a processor of a mobile device, a View container with media content to provide a View of the media content on a display of a mobile device; and   invoking, by the processor of the mobile device, a backing activity behind the View on a z-axis of the display, the backing activity being configured to perform a monitoring function;   wherein an operating system of the mobile device causes the processor to delay execution of the backing activity subsequent to activation of a predefined button of a user interface of the mobile device;   wherein the painting the View is not delayed by the operating system subsequent to the activation of the predefined button.