On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Omkar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok, so if I let the intent Action_Power_Connected trigger my service
> by declaring this intent filter in the manifest and then let my
> service log the required data by creating a registerReceiver for the
> Action_Battery_Changed within the code, then I would be saved by not
> having the service constantly running.


No you would not.  If you don't have anything actively running in your
process, it can be killed at any time.  The suggest to create an alarm to
wake up every 5 minutes is a good one.  That will actually be more robust
than having a service always running.

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