Thread or service is not generally a decision -- they are two different things, for different purposes. A thread lets you do work off of the main UI thread. A service lets you tell the system to try to keep your process around instead of killing it in the background.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Fred Niggle <fred.nig...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hello, > > I am stuck with making a decision and I could use some expert help. > > I have a need to monitor motion, either with the compass or > accelerometer to ensure that someone is safe. > > I have code which works really well when using the accelerometer, BUT > it can suck a battery flat in around 30 minutes. > > To help mitigate this i am considering a 'duty-cycle- of 1 minute on, > and 1 minute off - so should straight away be on to a 50% increase in > battery life, and later I'll refine this. > > Im developing for api 7 (2.1 eclair) and while I have some programming > experience, i need guidance on which route to follow to enable the > duty-cycle usage of the accelerometer. > > One avenue of research indicates that using threads is the way to go - > however since threads can be killed off with the main UI (screen goes > to sleep, etc), so i'm leaning towards using a service which can I can > START_STICKY. > > Which route do you recommend? > Thread or Service? > > Regards, > Fred > > -- > 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 > -- 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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
