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2010/1/5 Justin Anderson <[email protected]>: > AFAIK, it is not possible to undermine the Android OS and prevent your > program from being closed down if memory gets low. > > However, to run in the background you would want to take a look at > Services. To launch an activity from a service you would use the > startActivity() method. As for being notified when certain things occur, > you would want to take a look at BroadcastReceiver class. > > Hope that helps you get started in the right direction. A word to the wise > though, provide an option to turn off the background stuff... users get > really upset if they can't control stuff like whether an app runs in the > background. > > I have an app, called AppSwipe, that will tell you which programs are > running in the background and will let you close them. I routinely check it > and close apps that I don't want running and wasting my battery life. And > if an app gets too annoying with restarting itself after I close it, I > uninstall it.... no matter how useful or cool it is. > > Thanks, > Justin > MagouyaWare > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:50 AM, pentium10 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am new to Android, and I need some advices for start up. >> I want to build an application, which will show up, when the user gets >> into some hot situation. >> By hot situation I mean: >> * his GPS/cell coordinates are in known zone; >> * known Bluetooth device detected; >> * known Wi-Fi network detected; >> * weather info has change; >> >> I see something running in background and when one of the clauses hit, >> it will trigger and open the app. >> * How to get started? >> * How do I make sure my app won't be shut down? >> As I read somewhere that Android OS will terminate apps if memory out >> occurs or consumes too much, and my app would consume a lot, making >> repeated measures/checks to see if situation changed. >> >> Regards, >> Pentium10 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Beginners" group. >> >> NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android >> >> 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > 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 >
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