Yeah that is the correct way to do this.- On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jon Colverson <jjc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't think it's valid to start a Thread in a BroadcastReceiver. The > system doesn't know anything about that thread, so it wouldn't know > that it's supposed to keep the process hosting it around. My app > nanoTweeter does similar background polling and I acquire the WakeLock > in the BroadcastReceiver and then start a Service. That service > releases the lock when it's done. > > -- > Jon > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---