Indicator Veritatis wrote:
> Thank you for a useful post. But it raises a question, one which I am
> sure the OP will also find relevant: how do you know that an Service's
> process will not be destroyed by Android (when it runs low on memory)
> also?
It will.
> Please note that this does not exp
Thanks Ver. and Lance...
If the funding comes through for this project I will be jumping in
with both feet, held nose, and eyes WIDE open But it was hard to
commit to the "real goal" not knowing if Android would even allow me.
(As I originally said, I had gone down the iPhone path looking for
Thanks, RichardC,
I actually *did* start there and read a bit about various methods
regarding BACKGROUND tasks/services/etc but was looking for
confirmation from any actual developer that might have used these
features (to ensure they were not "futuristic.")
So now, I see a looming "curve of lea
"If the service has been started, then its hosting process is
considered to be less important than any processes that are currently
visible to the user on-screen, but more important than any process not
visible. Because only a few processes are generally visible to the
user, this means that the ser
Thank you for a useful post. But it raises a question, one which I am
sure the OP will also find relevant: how do you know that an Service's
process will not be destroyed by Android (when it runs low on memory)
also? The description of the Service lifecycle in
http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/g
In Android a service can be used to perform work in the background
while the user is using other apps:
http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/app/Service.html
If the work should be done at a certain time, then there is the
AlarmManager:
http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/referenc
Richard-
Your answer is true, and even helpful. But I fear it will sound too
much like the "fan-boy-turned developer demanding he read 12 gazillion
pages".
Yes, he should read the fundamentals, he should also do some of the
elementary tutorials, especially the classic "Hello World" in its
"Hello
Yes, and here is one page to get you started:
http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/fundamentals.html
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RichardC
On Oct 29, 2:24 pm, tob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I started down the road towards an iPhone app but was dismayed by so
> many things (e.g. you do not have access to some very fu
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