Aha ... With "eventually" you mean that if Android does not need RAM the process could be around for a while (or until the phone is rebooted)? Is finish() synchronous and it occurs immediately? I am wondering if it is possible to exit the activity but subsequently ask Android to terminate it immediately ...
On a different note - how far back do your books go? Did you cover 1.6 and 2.1? On Aug 27, 12:03 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:56 AM, kypriakos <[email protected]> wrote: > > I issue a finish() on a single process app, it exits to the home > > screen of the > > phone but a ps shows that the process is still running. > > Android will terminate the process eventually. Android keeps the > process running initially, in case the user happens to pop right back > into it, so they can get into the app more quickly and with less > battery use. Once Android starts needing RAM for other apps, though, > your unused process will be terminated. > > > Is this the > > proper > > way to terminate an app? I thought so. > > finish() is the proper way to exit an activity. You do not "terminate > an app" on Android any more than you "terminate a Web app". > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android 3.1 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
