Hi Zach,
So, Once I receive the BOOT_COMPLETED_ACTION Intent, what is the problem if
I start a thread which keeps running and sleep for time "t" and then again
start running. Is this a bad approach ? Here is my code :
This code will do some HTTP Post Request every 5 second. The idea is to run
this in the background once my the emulator is started and keep this running
until the mobile is switched off.
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentReceiver;
public class AddressLogService extends IntentReceiver{
@Override
public void onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent intent) {
Thread tr = new Thread(null,AddressTask,"Address Logger");
tr.start();
}
private Runnable AddressTask = new Runnable() {
public void run(){
while(true){
try{
//I do some HTTP Post Request.
Thread.sleep(5*1000);
}catch(Exception e){}
}
}
};
}
Thanks
-J
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Zach Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If you are doing periodic updates I would think about using the
> AlarmManager
> to kick off the process after specified intervals. If you create a service
> it's possible that it will be killed by the OS to free resources.
>
> http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html
>
> --
>
> Zach Hobbs
> HelloAndroid.com
> Android OS news, tutorials, downloads
>
>
>
> On Wednesday 18 June 2008 16:00:38 Jaikishan Jalan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. I understood what you are saying. I wrote my Intent
> > Receiver which will receive to this broadcast message. Now I want to run
> a
> > background process which keeps running forever ( which do some update
> after
> > every sometime t). My approach to this problem is this : I am going to
> > write a Service Calls and call it from the onReceiveIntent method of the
> > IntentReceiver I wrote. Now, onStart method of the Service Class, I will
> > create a thread that updates and then sleep for time t and keep running.
> >
> > Is this a recommended way to approach this problem?
> >
> > Thanks
> > J
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damien
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:51 AM
> > To: Android Developers
> > Subject: [android-developers] Re: Running a program when emulator start
> >
> >
> > Android broadcasts a message on boot. See
> >
> >
> http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/content/Intent.html#BOOT_C
> >O MPLETED_ACTION
> >
> > If you have something listening for this broadcast then it will start
> > as soon as the
> > boot has completed.
> >
> > Regards
> > D.
> >
> > On Jun 18, 11:18 am, Jaikishan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if its possible to start a program automatically in
> > > the background as soon as the emulator gets started? The idea is to
> > > show some message on the status bar.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -J
> >
> >
>
>
> >
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