Thank you for your reply, It appeared to be a decision because I was without the facts. Now I am informed I can now continue.
Best Regards, Fred On 01/08/2011, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Thread or service is not generally a decision -- they are two different > things, for different purposes. A thread lets you do work off of the main > UI thread. A service lets you tell the system to try to keep your process > around instead of killing it in the background. > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Fred Niggle > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am stuck with making a decision and I could use some expert help. >> >> I have a need to monitor motion, either with the compass or >> accelerometer to ensure that someone is safe. >> >> I have code which works really well when using the accelerometer, BUT >> it can suck a battery flat in around 30 minutes. >> >> To help mitigate this i am considering a 'duty-cycle- of 1 minute on, >> and 1 minute off - so should straight away be on to a 50% increase in >> battery life, and later I'll refine this. >> >> Im developing for api 7 (2.1 eclair) and while I have some programming >> experience, i need guidance on which route to follow to enable the >> duty-cycle usage of the accelerometer. >> >> One avenue of research indicates that using threads is the way to go - >> however since threads can be killed off with the main UI (screen goes >> to sleep, etc), so i'm leaning towards using a service which can I can >> START_STICKY. >> >> Which route do you recommend? >> Thread or Service? >> >> Regards, >> Fred >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- > 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 -- 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
