> > You can detect screen off and set an alarm every 5 seconds to poke the > > service if you want to keep it doing something. > > While the service is busy, make sure you hold a partial wake lock. > > Have a look at the SMSPopup for an example of wakelock management. > > Please don't do this. Waking up from an alarm every 5 seconds is going to > cause a noticeable drain on the battery.
Following that philosophy to the end, the user should never turn the device on. Is there an alternative to an alarm, on the assumption that the application requires every-5-second processing ? Lee --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
