Why is it that there are so many developers out there that chooses not to stop their services? I'm sure there are valid reasons for never stopping a Service, but in most cases it seems to be to be just developer laziness.
Lots of my friends with Android phones have problems with the Launcher app getting terminated and restarting frequently and other annoying low memory problems caused by them having too many apps installed that leave their Services alive. Since processes with running Services are rarely killed by the system to free memory it seems to effectively reduce the available memory for regular apps. Some apps I've found that does this: Spotify - Perhaps to emulate a desktop program where you have to explicitly exit, their support ignores questions about it Wimp - Perhaps to emulate a desktop program where you have to explicitly exit, their support ignores questions about it DoggCatcher - According to developer since it was easier and doesn't cause any issues if you only have DoggCatcher installed Flickr - According to support they leave their services running to provide a unique user experience whatever that means Foodspotting - Bug/no response from support Google+ - Bug/no response from support FlickrFolio - Bug/no response from support -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/RD6vo7QXvMUJ. 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-discuss?hl=en.
