It sounds like what you want is basically a message queue.. However, for a cross app solution, I think you'd want something that stores the data persistently somewhere, such as on disk. I'd probably make an API backed by a service that apps would interface to implementing this, if I were you...
kris On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Oleksandr Kruk <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your answer TreKing! > > I am sorry, that was an unclear expression, by "apps offline" I meant they > are not running. > > Exactly, you understood well, but I think I failed to explain that the time > frame between storing requests and executing them can be > anything like an hour, a day, a month, etc.. So in this context, when an > application receives a response, lets say through a broadcast intent > it wont know for which request that response was received. Thats why having > a callback method associated to request would be better than simply > an intent with the result. > > Imagine a situation: > You are in a remote area with no network, you take a landscape photo, open > facebook app and > simply post that photo (without network). This post would remain in my > framework until you have network, which is indefinite time. > Now, at the moment you connect to network, lets say two days, it will be > posted on facebook (by ManagerApp) and facebook app will get a response from > ManagerApp. > If you send that response as a broadcast to facebook app, how it is supposed > to know that that response is related to that specific photo post you made > days ago. > > Remember that I don't want to make developers to maintain mappings between > their app requests and future response in order to solve this situation, > all the information must be on the side of the framework (it's cleaner I > guess). > > > Thanks again > > > > > On Tuesday, 29 May 2012 09:16:50 UTC+1, TreKing wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Oleksandr Kruk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> How can this IntentService update each App information using their >>> business logic when >>> the Apps are offline? >> >> >> What do you mean "when the apps are offline"? >> >> If I understand you correctly, you would simply have to launch an intent >> or trigger a broadcast from your IntentService that has the information the >> other apps care about. The other apps would have to know the details of the >> intent or broadcast structure in order to properly listen for it. >> >> The intent would contain the data the app in question was requesting, in >> some known format. You would not have to know anything about their business >> logic, that would be up to them. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >> > -- > 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 -- 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
