On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Anirban Majumdar
wrote:
> in an android system, what's the relevance of the "Task Manager"?
There is no "task manager" in Android.
There is the "recent tasks" list, brought up by a long-press on the
HOME button (Android 1.x and 2.x) or a dedicated soft button (An
i just recalled i wanted one last thing clarified -
in an android system, what's the relevance of the "Task Manager"? i was
under the impression that if i were to terminate an application there, it
also meant that its related process would end. Conversely, i believed that
if the process related to
I am so thankful to you kostya, for such an excellent and simple
explanation.
Lesson learnt. Thanks again.
On 29 May 2011 15:13, "Kostya Vasilyev" wrote:
> Replying back to the list.
>
> Most (all?) platforms' model is process == application (more or less).
>
> In Android, there really is no such
Replying back to the list.
Most (all?) platforms' model is process == application (more or less).
In Android, there really is no such thing as "the application" (there is,
but it is useful to ignore it at first). Therefore, one should unlearn that
equality between "application" and process
The u
Static and instance variables are two different things. A static
variable "lives" for the lifetime of the loaded class (which may be
shorter than the lifetime of the JVM). An instance variable "lives"
for the lifetime of the object (instance of the class) that contains
it.
I have no idea what yo
Your application logic should be coded in such a way that the process can be
killed at any time (usually once it's in the background), or not be killed,
and still work correctly. There is no callback when the process is killed.
Pressing the back key always finishes the current activity - the back
thanks for the response Kostya. but i does one truly determine that
the application 'process' has terminated?
for testing, i've created a single Activity which serves as the Main.
when i press the back button after launching this activity, the app
ends. i've also verified that the app is no longer
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