On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 3:34 AM, mort <m...@sto-helit.de> wrote:
> - Ready = waiting for AlarmManager/C2DM events (maybe with an alarm
> clock as status icon?)

There should be no code running at this point; hence, IMHO, this
status is pointless and confusing.

> There could even be an unified "stop background work" Intent which is
> sent when an app is "stopped" by a task manager. If the app doesn't
> support this Intent, there could be a message like "Stopping not
> supported by app. Please check whether there are preferences you could
> modify." This could be done on purpose by e.g. alarm clocks. Or the
> app brings up it's own warning/query, like "Do you really want to stop
> automatic profile changes?"

This requires no modifications to Android. You are welcome to work out
a convention and try to get task managers and app developers to adhere
to it.

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