Thanks a lot Mark, ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED worked very well I am glad I was able to get ride of that on boot service!
Regards, Garibay On Jul 15, 6:17 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Garibay <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my strategy I am creating a Receiver that listens for > > RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED action and launch an everlasting Service which > > sets up a PhoneStateListener. > > Boo! > > > 1) Is there any other strategy to be always listening for incoming > > calls and thus avoide to using an on boot created Service? (besides > > the Service eventually gets killed and I am not able to detect > > incoming calls) > > You could try setting up a BroadcastReceiver for ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED. > > > 3) does startForeground prevent Android going to sleep or it is just > > aimed to keep the Service's process in memory? > > startForeground() has no impact on the device going to sleep. > > > 4) A wake lock would do this job ? (I have not tried this) > > A WakeLock has a significant impact on the device going to sleep. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 2.9 Available! -- 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
