Thank you very much. I put the xml parsing into an AsyncTask, and it
works perfectly.
//Kaloer
On 18 Jul., 22:54, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> kaloer wrote:
> > When I debug my application, it suddenly disconnects from the DalvikVM
> > without throwing an exception. Regarding this, the emulator shows an
> > ANR dialog. It happens some time after I have started a service to do
> > an operation, by a Broadcast receiver. The operation does take pretty
> > long time, because it is parsing a xml document. It does not stop
> > after a special point in my code. I know that a Broadcast receiver
> > needs to be executed fast, but when I start a service by the
> > context.startService(Intent) method it shouldn't wait for the
> > service's execution, should it?
>
> All callbacks from Android need to be done quickly. This includes
> starting services. Only work done on threads of your own creation can
> take longer.
>
> > I've attached the log (which do have a line with
> > "07-18 20:35:24.148: WARN/ActivityManager(583): Timeout executing
> > service: ServiceRecord{43818238
> > com.kaloersoftware.flickrwall/.FlickrWallService}"
>
> Something in your service (onCreate() or onStart(), most likely) is
> taking too long.
>
> > Can it help if I do the xml parsing in a thread?
>
> Yes. Use AsyncTask or something to move the XML parsing off the thread
> used for the callback.
>
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