Correct, use a Service, your process can be killed any time after Activity.onPause() returns if there isn't another Activity, Service, etc active in it.
On Nov 10, 1:26 am, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've an Activity A that starts a Thread T which download a file > through HTTP. It works fine. If I close my Activity (back button) > while downloading, it is destroyed (onDestroy called) but download > Thread still continue and download is completed fine. > > For testing purposes I've moved my Thread T into a Service and my > Activity starts the Service now. It's a little bit complex to write > (for callbacks) but it works fine too. > > What it the best approach ? From the documentation I think Service > seems better to make sure the download Thread will continue even if > the Activity is destroyed ? > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
