Based on the blog post when the "task killing" of applications was introduced, I would say that restarting a service of a killed application (process) was an implementation bug. It was clear from the blog post that when and end-user "task killed" an application then that application (and all components of it) should not run again until manually started.
The clear intent was to give end-users control of "sticky" applications that would just not stop and allow them to be terminated. On Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:20:34 PM UTC, 3c wrote: > > The swipe app out of recent tasks is supposed (as far as I understand it) > to terminate all activities but keep services running. This is true (and I > verified that behavior) until KitKat (verified on 4.4.1 and 4.4.2). > > In KitKat, the app is killed instantly: > 12-12 22:04:47.386: I/ActivityManager(784): Killing > 16695:<package_name>/u0a80 (adj 16): remove task > > And will not run until the user manually starts the app again! > > Looking at the Android settings, Applications, Running tab shows the app > as running 0 processes and 1 service. However the service is completely > gone and no actual Linux process is running it. A "ps" clearly reveals it's > not running. Service is not even restarted! > > The onTaskRemoved() method is called as expected and then app is > permanently killed. > > On Android 4.3, the app process is killed (along with all background > services), however those services returning START_STICKY are restarted as > expected. > > Adding a notification icon using the foreground service flag does solves > this, however the UI memory is no longer claimed and it's not the behavior > that's being documented, is it? > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
