On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Ben Chen <chen....@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm oking to create an applicaiton that once launched will > consistently be "on" ... even when the individual is not actively > using the phone/app.
Why? Users don't necessarily like that. > At various intervals, the application would send > infomation (e.g., location, texts, etc.). You do not need an application that is "consistently" "on" to do this, any more that you would in any other operating system. Please use AlarmManager and an IntentService, following the same patterns as you would use with cron jobs on Linux, Scheduled Tasks on Windows, etc. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.6 Available! -- 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
