On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:17 AM, AC <alistair.cunning...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The other approach which springs to mind is to user a TimerTask (maybe > calling an AsyncTask if necessary to avoid blocking the UI thread) from > the MapViewActivity. > That sounds like a plan. > Another consideration is that it would be nice to continue polling when in > other activities within the same application. This way when the user > switches to the map activity, the map is already up to date. > In this case you'd probably need that Service, binding to it as necessary when switching to the map. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en