Hi, I started down the road towards an iPhone app but was dismayed by so many things (e.g. you do not have access to some very fundamental aspects of the device such as enabling/disabling Bluetooth, EDGE, WiFi subsystems; you cannot run your app 'in the background', and, finally, the arrogance of so many of the developers there.)
Because my knowledge of Android (and even Java) is currently minimal, I understand that I may be trashing and smashing terminology such as PROCESS, THREAD, APPLICATION, TASK, SERVICE, ACTIVITY, etc etc etc I would (simply) like to understand if I may develop an Android "app" (see Trashing and Smashing note above ;<>) that can have aspects operating "in the background" while the device is being used in a completely different manner as demanded by the user --- here's one example --> The USER runs my brandy new "App" which monitors the TIMER subsystem... but then (because staring at my App's GUI CLOCK is really boring) the user then decides to use the "phone" or play a game, etc ... Can my App continue monitoring the TIMER subsystem while these other user-initiated activities take "control" ? In this example, when the user 'returns' to my App, it could tell him elapsed time since he "originally started" my App. I ask this question so bluntly because the iPhone Fan-Boy-turned- developers berated me for not having read all 12 gazzillion pages of documentation first. Thanks for any info you can provide... tob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
