Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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 com.android.browser;
+
+import android.app.Service;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+import java.lang.InterruptedException;
+
+public class GearsDialogService extends Service {
+  private static final String TAG = "GearsDialogService";
+  private final String DIALOG_PACKAGE = "com.android.browser";
+  private final String DIALOG_CLASS = DIALOG_PACKAGE + ".GearsDialog";
+
+  public static Lock lock = new ReentrantLock();
+  public static Condition dialogFinished = lock.newCondition();
+  public static String results = null;
+
+  @Override
+  public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
+    if (IGearsDialogService.class.getName().equals(intent.getAction())) {
+      return mBinder;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private final IGearsDialogService.Stub mBinder = new IGearsDialogService.Stub() {
+    public String showDialog(String htmlContent, String dialogArguments,
+          boolean inSettings) {
+      return GearsDialogService.this.showDialog(htmlContent, dialogArguments,
+                 inSettings);
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static void closeDialog(String res) {
+    results = res;
+  }
+
+  public static void signalFinishedDialog() {
+    lock.lock();
+    dialogFinished.signal();
+    lock.unlock();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Show a 'true' modal dialog displaying html content, necessary
+   * for Gears. The method starts the GearsDialog activity, passing
+   * the necessary parameters to it, and then wait until the activity
+   * is finished. When the dialog closes, it sets the variable results.
+   */
+  public String showDialog(String htmlContent, String dialogArguments,
+      boolean inSettings) {
+    try {
+      Intent intent = new Intent();
+      intent.setClassName(DIALOG_PACKAGE, DIALOG_CLASS);
+      intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+      intent.putExtra("htmlContent", htmlContent);
+      intent.putExtra("dialogArguments", dialogArguments);
+      intent.putExtra("inSettings", inSettings);
+      lock.lock();
+      startActivity(intent);
+      dialogFinished.await();
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      Log.e(TAG, "exception e: " + e);
+    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
+      Log.e(TAG, "exception e: " + e);
+    } finally {
+      lock.unlock();
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+}