On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Frank Weiss <fewe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a problem that the Google engineers have acknowledged. As you > probably know, the issue is that the Android OS does delayed garbage > collection of - and possibly reuses - "dead" porcesses, however the > process name remains that of the last app it hosted, as reported via DDMS or > via phone's running processes. > The process *is* the app it hosts. It will never change name; there is no way to safely change the whole identity of a process (especially its uid) without killing and restarting it. So there is no bug here in that sense, it is all working as intended; the main issue has been letting users see these processes with no context for what they are. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
