On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Paul Townsend <[email protected]> wrote: > I made a simple countdown timer and it works as expected when plugged > in via usb for debugging but when I take it off debugging and the > screen goes off either time out or power button the handler fails to > fire at the end time. I have created a custom timer class that gets > created from the main activity when needed, because its able to have > multiple countdowns running at the same time. Am I right in thinking > that the handler just gets paused when the screen goes off and if so > what are my alternatives. The activity is still in the foreground and > I assumed the handler would still fire if the screen goes off.
Your problem is not that the screen is turning off. Your problem is that the CPU is stopping as part of sleep mode. This is generally A Really Good Thing from a power management standpoint. What are you trying to accomplish via postDelayed() that is supposed to keep going after the device falls asleep? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.2 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
