On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Tejas <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using AlarmManager to fire a PendingIntent after a certain period > of time. This leads to running of my IntentService. > > - What happens if the PendingIntent fires, but my IntentService hasn't > completed its task ?
If you mean that the IntentService is processing the previous alarm, the Intent for the new alarm is queued and will be processed as soon as the previous one is done. > - If the IntentService is taking too long, will the android platform > kill it ? No, because the work in onHandleIntent() is done on a background thread. > - If the Android platform kills it, will the next PendingIntent invoke > this IntentService again ? That depends on the implementation of onStartCommand(), and I don't remember off the top o' my head what they are using there. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.0.1 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
