Hi, You could also consider option 3;
Start an asynchronous task (native Java Thread or AsyncTask) for your processing needs. -- H On Jan 19, 2013, at 3:15 PM, dashman <erjdri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Option 1 - create a service - that waits and returns status. haven't > figured out a way of doing the latter. > > Option 2 - I suppose I could start a new activity with no UI and then call > startIntentForResult(). i.e. an Acitivy for each background job. -- 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