Yes, it will be written in native code, and I was planning on using 
init.rc. I'm not sure what you mean by the "system server," but init.rc 
should work fine, thanks.

Tim

On Sunday, March 4, 2012 2:01:28 PM UTC-7, zoli2k wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> mission critical services should be written in native code and started by 
> the
> init.rc or system server. 
>
> Z
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Glenn Kasten wrote:
>
>> Yes - you could make it a service (in the init sense of the term), and
>> put it in an "on restart" clause in the servicemanager section of
>> init.rc. For an example see mediaserver.
>>
>> On Mar 2, 5:07 pm, Tim Mensch  wrote:
>> > I'm working with a client who needs to have a persistent server run on
>> > a device running Android. The device will be wall-powered, so battery
>> > life is not an issue.
>> >
>> > The server is written in portable C/C++ code. I'm well on the way to
>> > getting it all to build on Android, but I'm worried about what I've
>> > heard about Android killing off processes it "doesn't know about."
>> >
>> > If I start this process in init.rc, is that all I need to do to
>> > guarantee it will start on boot and stick around indefinitely?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Tim Mensch
>>
>

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