There is a broadcast sent when the screen goes off. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:07 AM, code_android_festival_way < festival.s...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hello. > > I'm thinking about implementing an Alarm which starts up a little > CheckupService which checks if another WorkService (on which I rely > on) is still available or not. This checkup consists of one sent > broadcast and sometimes restarting the WorkService. (perhaps a few ms > of work) > > What is the right way to do this as less battery draining as possible? > At the moment I have set the Alarm to check every 10 minutes. But in > my case it would be more useful to check everytime the screen goes > off. Could someone please tell me how battery draining this would be? > > I'm looking forward reading your answers. Thank you for your help. > > PS: > I know that keeping a service "always on" is not the right way to > react on something. But incoming calls do not send a Broadcast so I > have to rely on a background service monitoring the telephony state > and can not use a BroadcastReceiver. (and the users know about that > fact and accept it for the added feature of LED notifications on > missed calls :-) ) > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
