So I tried this: Start service Press Home Start some other 3rd party app (so that activity is in the foreground) Press power button to blank screen
A few minutes later, I press the power button to unblank the screen and discover the service finished successfully. This means the phone never went to sleep... Any ideas why? On Apr 13, 2:01 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > westmeadboy wrote: > > Hmmm, so in that case, why does the device not sleep after the user > > has used the power button to turn off the screen? Or do you mean that > > the activity is still considered in the foreground even after that? > > My guess is that it is still considered the foreground until a real > activity (i.e., not the lock screen) takes the foreground. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in NYC: 4-6 June 2010:http://guruloft.com -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.

