Hello Mark, I am also designing an application which has similar uptime requirements. It is a telephony client that needs to register with the network on device bootup. After this, i listen for incoming requests, or if the user decides to make a call, i initiate the same. So, my application needs to stay alive for the entire duration the device is up and running.
>From your explanation above, it seems that AlarmManager will do the job for me too. thanks aayush On 5/29/09, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If I create a no-gui application that extends and android.app.Service >> class, how do I get it to register itself so that the application >> starts when the phone boots up? >> >> I need some way to have it always launch when the phone is turned on, >> how can I do this? > > To repost my answer to a very similar question: > > First, make sure this is really the architecture you want. Odds are, it's > not -- details later in this message. > > To get control at boot time, you need to hold the RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED > permission and register a BroadcastReceiver in your manifest that watches > for the BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast Intent. Then, you have five seconds to do > something. > > My strong recommendation is that you use AlarmManager to schedule yourself > to run like a cron job, so your code can execute every so often to do > something useful. > > You could start a service directly instead. However, your service will > shortly thereafter stop running, because the device will go to sleep. And, > if you decide you'll hold a WakeLock and force the device to stay awake > forever and ever and ever, you'll drain the battery in no time flat. So, > you may as well design your app to only run so often, and then you can use > AlarmManager and be friendlier to your users. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! > > > > > > -- aayush ---------------------------------------------------- "Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
