You should be nice. As of 1.6, processes running in the background have their threads forced into a background scheduling class so they can't disrupt the foreground UI.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Christine <[email protected]>wrote: > I have two apps that use a service to upload and download files and > data. I've noticed that when the service gets very busy, it can cause > the UI to block, up to the point that Android shows a "force quit/ > wait" popup. In order to avoid that, I run tasks in a service at a > lower priority. This way, the service will never cause the UI to > hickup. Also, the service stops if the app hasn't been used for a > certain number of minutes. I don't want to keep resources if the user > isn't using my app. > > I have found that some of my users run apps that run services > permanently at normal priority. Such a service starts at phone switch > on, and keeps running indefinitely, downloading vast amounts of data. > My policy of being nice to other apps doesn't pay off: these agressive > third party services push my service away so it never gets anything > done. As one of my users told me, my app has hickups, until he kills > the service of this app X, after which my app runs smoothly, snappy, > and fast. > > My question is, should I be nice to other apps and to the UI in my own > app, or should I just run a service and agressively take all resources > I need - or don't need? This is one issue where Android is different > from iPhone. We can run services, but by doing so, we can cause damage > to other peoples apps. Of course, my "question" doesn't require an > answer. I'm just curious after what other people think, what your > experience here is. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
