It's something not implemented in the software. Users seem to have a disturbing habit of just pulling the battery out as a way to turn off their phone, so I'm not sure how much I would want to rely on a clean shutdown. :}
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Dorn Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And at least with respect to the current hardware instance (G1) is any > inability a hardware, firmware, or software limitation? > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Eric Mill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dianne, do you think this will be added to the API in the future? > > Saving state on phone shutdown could be important for some apps. > > > > -- Eric > > > > On Nov 20, 9:12 pm, Jon Colverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Eek. That makes things a bit more difficult. Thank you for the quick > >> response, though! > >> > >> On Nov 20, 9:55 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Sorry, there is nothing available to find out when the device is being > >> > turned off. > >> > >> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Jon Colverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> > >> > > Hello. > >> > >> > > Part of the app I'm writing is a Service that does some work. If it > >> > > hasn't finished when the user switches the device off I'd like to be > >> > > able to save my state to a file and then restart the Service when > the > >> > > device starts up again. > >> > >> > > I can see how to start it up again (receive the > ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED > >> > > Intent), but I can't figure out a way to run the saving code on > >> > > shutdown. I was expecting my Service's onDestroy() to be called, but > >> > > this doesn't seem to be the case. > >> > >> > > Thanks. > >> > >> > > -- > >> > > Jon > >> > >> > -- > >> > Dianne Hackborn > >> > Android framework engineer > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to > >> > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public > >> > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > >> > >> -- > >> Jon > > > > > > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---