Yes if another process is bound, the service will be restarted. As of 2.2 a task killer simply can't do what you are asking. The "force stop" button in Manage Applications will do this.
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:00 AM, JC <jay.chadderw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I have service running in background and notification is shown in GUI. > > When i do force close from application=>manage application, my > service, application and icon in notification bar goes off. > > But when i kill my application via TaskKiller application, my service > stopped and then Android OS restarts service(i can see from logcat) > and icon in my notification area remains. while my background work (of > downloading image) is closed. > > I return START_STICKY (also tried with STArT_NOT_STICKY flag) from > OnStartCommand(), but no luck. My GUI activity, binds to service via > Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE, is it because of that flag? > > What should i do if i want my application,service and notification > area icon to go off, when application is killed by task killer. > > I have searched through > > Thanks in advance. > JRC > > -- > 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 > -- 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
