I am interested in " Having the service be in a whole 'nuther process", could you give me an example?
Thanks! April On Aug 27, 5:13 am, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > april wrote: > > I am doing a game, which needs to update server player's status. In my > > code , I first put those information into database. Then I used a > > service to read the information from DB and send to server. > > > Following are the document for sevice: > > Note that services, like other application objects, run in the main > > thread of their hosting process. This means that, if your service is > > going to do any CPU intensive (such as MP3 playback) or blocking (such > > as networking) operations, it should spawn its own thread in which to > > do that work. More information on this can be found in the Threading > > section of the Application Model overview. > > > Should I using thread in the service to send data to server? > > Any true background operations need to be off the main thread, > particularly any that might take a while (e.g., slow Internet connection > to the server). That could be: > > -- A secondary thread in a service > -- A secondary thread in an activity > -- Having the service be in a whole 'nuther process > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.1 Published! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] Announcing the new Android 0.9 SDK beta! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-beta-release-of-android-sdk.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
