To amplify -- just starting your service at boot and leaving it running all
of the time is NOT recommended.  It consumes a lot of resources, if nothing
else a whole process sitting there doing nothing (presumably) most of the
time, when that memory could be used for other things.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Mike Collins <mike.d.coll...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> I have been down this road with my app, you probably don't want
> to do this.
>
> It is much better to have the app that uses the service start the
> service when it needs it and simply leaves it running.
>
>  mike
>
>
> On Apr 9, 10:47 am, kijiten orma <cutbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Translate English version :
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > someone can be how to define a service that launch automatically at
> > startup and / or when installation without having to go through
> > "activity". I look beautiful everywhere, I do found that the functions
> > and BindService but StartService
> > which requires action outside.
> >
> > thank you.
> >
> > French version :
> >
> > bonjour,
> >
> > quelqu'un saurait-il comment définir un service qui se lancerai
> > automatiquement au démarrage et/ou lors de l'installation sans pour
> > autant passer par une "activity". J'ai beau regarder un peu partout,
> > je ne trouve que les fonctions startService et BindService mais qui
> > nécessite une action extérieur.
> >
> > merci.
> >
>


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Android framework engineer
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