Thanks Kostya, for sharing this information, I need one more information: If my service class after complition wish to update the activity class, how can we do it?
I am just a beginner and haven't much knowledge of android. On Sep 1, 1:24 am, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > One more thing: > > Android uses the same Linux process for your WidgetProvider as well as > service that updates the widget (again, I'm assuming you followed the > Wikipedia sample). > > The WidgetProvider will be created and invoked as necessary, this, in > turn, should cause your service to be started when you call > "startService(this, UpdateService.class)". > > A task killer is likely to interfere with the first part of this > sequence - i.e. preventing the WidgetProvider from responding to update > events in the first place. > > -- Kostya > > 31.08.2010 23:50, Kostya Vasilyev О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫: > > > > > > > If your code is set up along the lines of the Wikipedia sample widget > > (which it seems to be), and the widget's onUpdate invokes the service > > with startService, then everything should be fine already. > > StartService will, obviously, start the service as necessary. > > > If there are still problems updating the widget, ask your user to add > > your service to the task killer's exclude list. Better yet, try to > > educate the user about the evil nature of task killers, perhaps he/she > > will stop using them altogether. > > > -- > > Kostya Vasilyev --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com > > >> 31.08.2010 22:14 О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫ "Alex" > >> <maroeb...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:maroeb...@gmail.com>> О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫: > > >> What is the correct way to ensure that a widget update service is > >> restarted if it has been killed? > > >> In my widget, I start the service in the onUpdate event, but if the > >> widget and service are killed (by a task killer, for example), the > >> widget restarts, but the service doesn't. > > >> On Aug 31, 6:01 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:kmans...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > A Service can still get killed ... > > >>http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#Proce... > > >> > -- Kostya > > >> > 31.08.2010 20:48, Agus О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫О©╫: > > >> > > A thread hosted by the ApplicationContext ... > > >> > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Kostya > >> Vasilyev<kmans...@gmail.com <mailto:kmans...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> > >> The difference is that Activity lifecycle is managed by the > >> user, and > >> > >> Service lifecycle ... > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Developers" group... > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- 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
