Based on the blog post when the "task killing" of applications was introduced, I would say that restarting a service of a killed application (process) was an implementation bug. It was clear from the blog post that when and end-user "task killed" an application then that application (and all components of it) should not run again until manually started.
The clear intent was to give end-users control of "sticky" applications that would just not stop and allow them to be terminated. On Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:20:34 PM UTC, 3c wrote: > > The swipe app out of recent tasks is supposed (as far as I understand it) > to terminate all activities but keep services running. This is true (and I > verified that behavior) until KitKat (verified on 4.4.1 and 4.4.2). > > In KitKat, the app is killed instantly: > 12-12 22:04:47.386: I/ActivityManager(784): Killing > 16695:<package_name>/u0a80 (adj 16): remove task > > And will not run until the user manually starts the app again! > > Looking at the Android settings, Applications, Running tab shows the app > as running 0 processes and 1 service. However the service is completely > gone and no actual Linux process is running it. A "ps" clearly reveals it's > not running. Service is not even restarted! > > The onTaskRemoved() method is called as expected and then app is > permanently killed. > > On Android 4.3, the app process is killed (along with all background > services), however those services returning START_STICKY are restarted as > expected. > > Adding a notification icon using the foreground service flag does solves > this, however the UI memory is no longer claimed and it's not the behavior > that's being documented, is it? > -- 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.
