On Apr 6, 2:52 pm, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry for the newbie question, but does anyone know how I can check > > whether an IntentService is already running? > > > I'm starting an IntentService from onCreate within a normal Activity, > > and that means that if the user minimises and maximises the > > application, it gets called twice. > > Android does not have a "minimize" or "maximize" the application.
Yes, sorry, I was being metaphorical... > If you mean the user presses the HOME key, then that will only cause > onCreate() of your activity to be invoked again if there has been a > substantial period of time elapsed, enough that your original activity was > kicked out of RAM. And, in that case, you can use onSaveInstanceState() to > persist a flag indicating whether or not you need to re-run the > startService() call. OK - thanks - that sounds like what I need :) -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
