Have a read of: Launch controls on stopped applications in http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-3.1.html
Note that it says: *"Applications are in a stopped state when they are first installed but are not yet launched and when they are manually stopped by the user (in Manage Applications)."* This was introduced in 3.1 before we had swiping away. On Friday, December 13, 2013 1:22:27 AM UTC, 3c wrote: > > I cannot agree with this as the recent task list in no way suggest killing > the apps. Actually every users seems to see it differently. Some take that > recent task list as the name suggest, recent tasks and activities, others > see it as you suggest an app killing, but most users don't know what's > actually happening when removing a task from that list. > > Furthermore that list doesn't actually reflect apps still running, but the > recent tasks or apps used by end-user. On boot I may have a dozen apps > running, but no way to kill them (except going into settings, force-stop) > if I haven't started them once, making this task killer the worse I've ever > seen: it requires end-user to open the app before being able to kill it > permanently! And it's not because I remove a task from that very list that > I don't want its services to continue running. > > Looking at documentation for the Service class and the related manifest > attributes definitely confirm the behavior of Android 4.0 to 4.3: > > With Android 4.4, the below flag is now ineffective, which falls into the > bug category, not the other way around as you suggest. > > > public static final int stopWithTask > Added in API level > 14<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels> > > If set to true, this service with be automatically stopped when the user > remove a task rooted in an activity owned by the application. The default > is false. > > Must be a boolean value, either "true" or "false". > public void onTaskRemoved > (Intent<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html> > rootIntent) > Added in API level > 14<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels> > > This is called if the service is currently running and the user has > removed a task that comes from the service's application. If you have set > ServiceInfo.FLAG_STOP_WITH_TASK<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/ServiceInfo.html#FLAG_STOP_WITH_TASK> > then > you will not receive this callback; instead, the service will simply be > stopped. > > > -- 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.
