On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Chris <chris.jara...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm having a problem with my IntentService. Every time I start my > service, the onDestroy() method is called as soon as the service > becomes idle.
That is largely the definition of an IntentService. Once onHandleIntent() completes its work on the background thread, the service shuts down. Or, as the IntentService JavaDocs puts it: "IntentService is a base class for Services that handle asynchronous requests (expressed as Intents) on demand. Clients send requests through startService(Intent) calls; the service is started as needed, handles each Intent in turn using a worker thread, and stops itself when it runs out of work." > Reading the developer docs gives me the impression that calling > startForeground() will allow your service to persist, even when idle, > except when there is an very high demand for memory, or am I reading > this wrong? You are incorrect in your interpretation of startForeground(). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
