Point taken. I didn't think it would use up a lot of battery power, but you're right, a lot of little bits certain would.
Let's say that Android does get used more on AC powered devices (it will take me a couple of years to fully make the app anyway, so it's entirely possible). Then back to my original question. How would I go about doing that? I'm not so concerned with how to upload and download data through networks, but more how I would go about with sending data from one application to another, and how to receive it in an application as well. I've been reading about using stuff like messages and threads in general, but I am unsure of what I should use specifically in Android. On 2 Nov., 17:02, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ThemePark wrote: > > With that in mind, wouldn't it be possible for me to run it as a > > background process, possibly only running when the phone is not being > > used (if at all possible), and that way not use a whole lot of battery > > time and not making it slow either? Think of the way SETI works. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is usually used on machines plugged into AC power. Mobile > devices are infrequently plugged into AC power. > > On a mobile device, every executed instruction eats a tiny bit of > battery power. What you're suggesting is to execute a whole lot of > instructions while users are thinking their phone is asleep and > therefore is not using (much) power. > > If Android starts getting used for devices more frequently connected to > power, using it for a distributed computation cloud might make sense. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, > 2009http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
