You need to keep that state in the service, and have the Activity be a viewer of the state.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Al <[email protected]> wrote: > > Usually I wouldn't mind if the Activity is stopped and no more updates > can be sent, but in this case (IRC app), I always need to keep the > channel info up to date, even when the app isn't in focus, so > suspending the thread is not an option. Also, for events like private > messages and highlights, I need to know so I can show the info in the > Notification bar and then the user can bring the app into focus and > reply or whatever. > > On Dec 17, 7:30 pm, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an app that uses a background thread to fetch data, then posts > > messages/runnables to keep the UI up to date. When the UI is not > > visible, this thread is suspended. > > > > Pretty much, onCreate/onResume/etc for the Activity starts the > > background process if it's not running. > > > -- 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
