[jdev] Re: Suspending and resuming presence

[Remko Troncon]

> During an active session, is there a way to suspend/resume  
> presence? I am interested in letting the jabber server know that I  
> am currently not interested in receiving presence information - so  
> don't send me information when my buddies status changes. This is  
> for a wireless device, and if I have the app in the background, I  
> don't want to waste battery/keep the datachannel active.

If your server supports privacy lists, you can create a privacy list  
that blocks all incoming presence, and just switch back and forth  
between that list and the default list. Maybe not the optimal  
solution, but it works.

cheers,
Remko