On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Dirk <b...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> wrote: > I am writing a service which shall continuously log some sensor data > over longer periods of time. For testing purposes the service shall > log a static debug message once every second. Looking at the log file, > after some time (usually 30min to several hours), the logging only > takes place every 10 minutes, every half an hour or sometimes even > only once an hour. When I connect the phone to my computer, the > service starts logging every second again.
That is because the phone is falling asleep. Users like it when their phone falls asleep, as this maximizes battery life. > The service is started once the device completed its boot process (or > once the corresponding activity is launched) using: > > Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), > TestService.class); > startService(serviceIntent); You do not need getApplicationContext() here. Please replace it with the "this" object reference. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
