I have Threads because when the Alarm triggers I want to do two separate things, although they don't necessarily have to be at the *same* time so I'll remove the Thread.
For the WiFi lock I'm acquiring and releasing two locks now. Is that about right? My WiFi lock looks like: PowerManager mgr = (PowerManager)context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE); lockWifi = mgr.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, LOCK_NAME_WIFI); lockWifi.setReferenceCounted(true); Thanks On Mar 24, 5:59 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > AuxOne wrote: > > The wi-fi lock sounds interesting, but I'd need it to work with the > > cellular network as well. Can I lock both? > > Cellular data should be always on, if I understand correctly. > > > Within the doWakefulWork function I instantiate a class and call one > > of its methods. It ultimately creates a new Thread to make the Socket > > connection. > > Bzzzzt. > > > I guess that's the issue. > > Ding, ding, ding! > > :-) > > > Instead of releasing the lock at > > the end of WakefulIntentService.onHandleIntent, could I pass the lock > > into my Thread and release it from there? > > IntentService in general is not designed for you to fork other threads. > Remember: the IntentService component will call stopSelf() as soon as > onHandleIntent() returns, if there is no other Intent queued up to be > processed. > > Since IntentService does its work (onHandleIntent()) in a background > thread, I don't know why you're forking yet another thread. I'd just do > the HTTP operations in doWakefulWork(). > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
