> I can think of no scenarios in which you need a service to > run in a separate process.
I've run into a scenario. Force close kills your process. So if you want to do an internet call on unhandled exceptions, doing it in another thread isn't enough. Users often hit the button before your internet call can complete. A remote service doesn't get killed, though. On Nov 9, 4:01 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:17 PM, prgmratlarge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm confused about whether I need to run my service in a separate > > process. > > You don't. I can think of no scenarios in which you need a service to > run in a separate process. > > > For reference I'm trying to create an App that uses a service to play > > [streaming] audio in the background. > > Do not use a remote process for this scenario. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
