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.

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