[android-developers] Re: Can WebView be used inside a Service?
Hi, I looked into this myself... On Oct 9, 3:00 pm, tomei.ninge...@gmail.com tomei.ninge...@gmail.com wrote: I want to run part of my app logic in a background service. However, much of the app uses JavaScript. Currently I run the JavaScript inside a WebView. Is it possible to have an invisible WebView while running inside a Service? No, only only an Activity can have Views. If the answer is no, is there any way to run JavaScript inside a Service? If it's the JavaScript language, it may be possible to port Rhino to Android. But, the performance won't be so good because JIT compiling must be disabled. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Can WebView be used inside a Service?
Thanks Miguel, Can a service launch an activity? I need to run something periodically using JavaScript (say every 4 hours). Porting Rhino probably won't work for me because I use a lot of large Strings, and putting that in the Java heap will soon fragment it very bad ... On Oct 9, 3:26 am, Miguel Paraz mpa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I looked into this myself... On Oct 9, 3:00 pm, tomei.ninge...@gmail.com tomei.ninge...@gmail.com wrote: I want to run part of my app logic in a background service. However, much of the app uses JavaScript. Currently I run the JavaScript inside a WebView. Is it possible to have an invisible WebView while running inside a Service? No, only only an Activity can have Views. If the answer is no, is there any way to run JavaScript inside a Service? If it's the JavaScript language, it may be possible to port Rhino to Android. But, the performance won't be so good because JIT compiling must be disabled. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Can WebView be used inside a Service?
tomei.ninge...@gmail.com wrote: Can a service launch an activity? Yes, but your user will shoot you if you interrupt what they are doing by popping up an activity asynchronously. I need to run something periodically using JavaScript (say every 4 hours). Porting Rhino probably won't work for me because I use a lot of large Strings, and putting that in the Java heap will soon fragment it very bad ... Then, eliminate your dependency on Javascript. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
