Hi, re - I am holding the home button and the list of apps comes up and I swipe away my app to kill it. This is what others have mentioned above. I don't know if this is samsung only or not. Maybe this method is supposed to kill all running services and processes of the app and is not a good way to test.
Ok I think you are referring to the rectangular 'Recent Apps' button, not the Home button, but I get what you mean about swiping to close a recent Activity from that list. And yes, what Treking said about StartForeground. Regards On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:29:07 AM UTC+11, Tony Pitman wrote: > > It looks like calling startForeground was the key. I am still not able to > kill the app using the method mentioned above, but at least now when I let > the app sit for a long period of time the GPS notifications keep coming > into the service even when it looks like the app has been shut down by the > OS for lack of use. > > I do have another related question. When I did my service I was following > the example of a service on the google dev site. This is the link to what I > followed: > > http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html > > You will notice about the middle of the page there is the example code > that I followed and then modified. They use a HandlerThread to create the > Looper that gets used in the mServiceHandler thread to process the actual > work. > > They pass in a parameter to that HandlerThread called > Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND. > > Is this different than using the startForeground that now fixed my issue? > I left that HandlerThread the way it was and it now works with the > startForeground. > > Thanks! > > On Monday, November 24, 2014 8:17:18 AM UTC-7, Tony Pitman wrote: >> >> Thank you everyone for the replies. Here are my responses: >> >> I am holding the home button and the list of apps comes up and I swipe >> away my app to kill it. This is what others have mentioned above. I don't >> know if this is samsung only or not. Maybe this method is supposed to kill >> all running services and processes of the app and is not a good way to test. >> >> I tried giving the service a different process. I tried 2 things. First I >> just added the android:process tag to my service. I gave it a name with the >> ':' in front so it would be private to my app. >> >> This did not change anything. The service still dies when I kill the app. >> The other thing I noticed is when I go to the Settings -> Application >> Manager -> Running I see my app. If I tap on it to see what it is doing I >> get the following sections / information: >> >> Active App: >> MyApp >> 1 process and 1 service >> >> Services: >> MyService >> Start by application >> >> Processes: >> MyApp >> com.mycompany.myappspace:MyService >> >> Main process in use. >> >> So I decided to try adding the android:process section to the main >> application entry in the xml as well. I gave it a different name just in >> case. I called it MyApp instead of MyService. This did not make any >> difference. The information shown in the settings panel were the same. >> >> So am I to assume that the service is running in the same process as the >> app so that when I kill the app using the method above that is why the >> service is also dying? Is killing the app that way the wrong way to test? >> >> The whole reason I am doing this is because originally I just put my gps >> stuff inside the app itself. I would start my app and then many hours later >> I would enter the geofence area I had set up and the app did not trigger >> what I wanted it to do. I would go to the app and it looked like it was >> starting all over. >> >> Maybe I should just start my app and let it run for several hours and see >> if the service keeps going. >> >> Thanks for all the help. >> >> On Monday, November 24, 2014 7:58:36 AM UTC-7, Mukesh Srivastav wrote: >>> >>> As my understanding here, the service was stopped some where in the code >>> and hence it is behaving like that. >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Mark Phillips < >>> ma...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: >>> >>>> On my Samsung Galaxy 4 phone from T-Mobile, I can hold down the home >>>> button and get a list of running apps. I can kill each one individually >>>> with a swipe, and there is a trashcan icon at the bottom of the screen >>>> that >>>> will kill all the apps running. I use this feature to extend my battery >>>> time when the batter is getting low. It may be a special Samsung app that >>>> does this. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 1:13 AM, gjs <garyjam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> What do you mean by - >>>>> >>>>> ..."I test this by holding down the home button and killing my app" ? >>>>> >>>>> If I start an app, then press & hold down the Home button, the app >>>>> that was running is sent to the background (not killed) & the only option >>>>> that appears is a circle that pops up to run Google Now - if I then swipe >>>>> upwards. There is no option to kill any apps via the Home button >>>>> interaction you described as far as I know, I tested this on (stock) >>>>> Nexus >>>>> 5 with Android 5 as well as Sony Xperia 2 with Android 4.4 phone devices. >>>>> >>>>> The only (stock) standard way I know to kill apps is via Android >>>>> Settings->Apps->Downloaded->(select App)->Press 'Force stop' button. >>>>> >>>>> I'd suggest you try in the service manifest entry >>>>> android:exported=true if that is ok for your app. Other things to try are >>>>> android:process & also make sure you are using startForeground(..) & >>>>> stopForeground(.) >>>>> calls in your service or it will be killed by the OS after a period >>>>> of time and finally you probably need to use a wake lock to keep the CPU >>>>> running when the display is turned off. I use these settings to get a GPS >>>>> (background) Service to continue to run ok indefinitely after the uses >>>>> exits my app or presses the home button or turns the screen off. (But be >>>>> warned that these actions can deplete the device battery fairly quickly >>>>> which many users do not like). >>>>> >>>>> The user can still always kill the app & background service even when >>>>> the app is stopped / service in the background via Android >>>>> Settings->Apps->Downloaded->(select App)->Press 'Force stop', there is >>>>> nothing your app can do to avoid this... >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, November 23, 2014 5:44:45 PM UTC+11, Tony Pitman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am writing an app that needs to get gps location information in the >>>>>> background. I created a class derived from Service to do this. I copied >>>>>> the >>>>>> example on the Android developer site about making a background service. >>>>>> It >>>>>> uses the ServiceHandler thread to do the work. >>>>>> >>>>>> I use location manager and set up the receiving of updates. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have my main activity create the service using the normal way like >>>>>> this: >>>>>> >>>>>> Intent intent = new Intent(_context, MyService.class); >>>>>> _context.startService(intent); >>>>>> >>>>>> Inside my service I create the location manager and start getting >>>>>> location updates. >>>>>> >>>>>> This works great so far. I am doing this as a service because I want >>>>>> my service to receive updates even if my application is shut down. I >>>>>> test >>>>>> this by holding down the home button and killing my app. >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem is that as soon as I kill my app the service stops >>>>>> getting updates. The service does not go away, as far as I can tell, it >>>>>> just quits receiving GPS updates. >>>>>> >>>>>> As long as I leave the app running, even in the background, the >>>>>> service keeps getting the GPS updates. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can someone tell me how to continue to get GPS updates in my service >>>>>> even if the app that started it gets killed? >>>>>> >>>>>> I have some settings in my AndroidManifest.xml that might be >>>>>> affecting it. I have the service set up so it is not exported and has >>>>>> permissions. I do this because I don't want other applications to use my >>>>>> service. Could these be affecting it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is my service entry in the xml: >>>>>> >>>>>> <service android:name="com.mycompany.mypackage.MyService" >>>>>> android:permission="com.mycompany.MY_SERVICE" >>>>>> android:exported="false" /> >>>>>> >>>>>> Just after that outside of the application tag I have this: >>>>>> >>>>>> <permission android:name="com.mycompany. 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