> But what if a user just wants no updates temporarily until the app's > restarted, like he's used to by any other OS? And not have to sign on > again after the restart?
Every popular application on windows that does anything in the background has options within the app to control all of this. Settings such as 'always keep service running/start with windows' The user can disable that and the service will run as long as the application is showing. You can easily implement this in your app. >> Also it is important to understand that the app isn't always "running". > > Technically, that might be true. But for the user, all that matters is > "this app's doing something when I don't expect it to". He doesn't > care if it's done by an unstopped service, AlarmManager, or system > broadcasts. (Well, aside from those hordes who can't differ between > "is in memory" and "running" due to the misleading "task managers".) > > Sure, most developers should know this by now. But Joe Average will > just launch the app, "close" it (leave it with Home/Back) and wonder > why the "closed" app is still doing something. Then his next reaction > is "hey, if keeps running in background after leaving it with buttons, > I need an 'exit' button that actually closes it!". (Translate "keeps > running" with "doing things" and "closes" with "stops background jobs" > for Android. ;)) Android is marketed as MULTI-Tasking operating system. It's a big sell point because unlinke the iphone (AFIK) is single tasked. Which means that use should expect for multiple tasks to be working at once. > No, but it's usually what users expect from "quitting". "Quitting" = > it doesn't do anything anymore. Opposed to hiding/minimizing an app, > which keeps it "running" (doing something in background). This doesn't happen even in the windows world, when you close your anti-virus GUI, do you expect to be vulnerable to viruses? Task Killers are for power users anyway, if they are complaints have to do with them, they are not in the majority. You'd be hurting your app trying to accommodate them. -- ~ Jeremiah:9:23-24 Android 2D MMORPG: http://developingthedream.blogspot.com/, http://www.youtube.com/user/revoltingx -- 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
