[android-developers] Why can't my GUI return back to recording mode despite having service? Someone HELP..

2011-04-10 Thread lyrical.mas...@hotmail.com
I'm creating an android application which act like a car blackbox, but i run into problem as soon i start doing it, maybe partly because i'm new to android/java but i've given 6more weeks to develop this app... :'( But get back to my problem i had my service run the video recording processes in

Re: [android-developers] Why can't my GUI return back to recording mode despite having service? Someone HELP..

2011-04-10 Thread Kristopher Micinski
You can't run your app forever, it will get killed when memory is low, you can't really avoid it (on a non rooted device): apps aren't meant to run and consume resources forever. And I don't think that dumping a large amount of code at people is going to help, unless you can pinpoint your problem

[android-developers] Why can't my GUI return back to recording mode despite having service? Someone HELP..

2011-04-10 Thread lbendlin
I can't really imagine how useful hours of video shot in the pants pocket or inside the belt clip could be. But if I had to do it I would add a periodic alarm to check if the service is still alive and to restart it if not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [android-developers] Why can't my GUI return back to recording mode despite having service? Someone HELP..

2011-04-10 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Hi, I believe that recording video while in the background is not supported. Trying to force this to happen is likely to result in random, undesirable behavior. Note that you have to go to work to even get to that point because when the user leaves your app your window's surface as well as the