Well, if the need is for something that will continue running even when the app isn't in the foreground/running, nothing will work except for the alarmmanager.
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:26:15 PM UTC+3, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > I had sort of assumed that this was the same as in the other thread... > In which case using an AlarmManager would be inappropriate (though, > perhaps I assumed incorrectly..!). AlarmManager has a coarse > scheduling granularity (minutes, rather than seconds), and I've always > felt an aversion for using it for this purpose. > > *sigh*, however sometimes it does seem to be a necessary solution to > get the desired effect.. > > Kris > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Piren <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > that's not how you're supposed to do what you want... > > To achieve such things, use the AlarmManager. > > > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:22:57 PM UTC+3, Turim wrote: > >> > >> I am developing a simple GPS tracker. But i have a problem. When starts > >> the Service, i create a Thread that get de localization, time after > time. > >> The problem is after long time (about hours), the Thread is stoped. I > dont > >> know why. > >> > >> > >> How do i create a service/thread long time. I need that thread never > >> stopped, or the service be recreated. > >> > >> Anybody help me ? > >> > >> > >> Thanks. > > > > -- > > -- > > 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]<javascript:> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
