Indicator Veritatis wrote: > Thank you for a useful post. But it raises a question, one which I am > sure the OP will also find relevant: how do you know that an Service's > process will not be destroyed by Android (when it runs low on memory) > also?
It will. > Please note that this does not explain how the system decides that the > Service is no longer used. But without that information, putting the > task in a Service instead of an Activity accomplishes nothing in terms > of protecting it from Android deciding to kill it. Nothing in Android is immune "from Android deciding to kill it". http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/09/diamonds-are-forever-services-are-not/ -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 Available! -- 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
