I certainly hope they don't hold a wake lock. :)  They should just schedule
an alarm.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> alucard20004 wrote:
> > 1. User can just turn off the phone. How did the developer prevent
> > user from turning-off the device?
>
> They probably do not stop the user from turning off the device (i.e.,
> holding down the end-call button and choosing Power Off). I would be
> rather disturbed if an application could do that.
>
> They might stop the user from putting the phone to sleep (i.e., pressing
> the end-call button) by holding a suitable WakeLock.
>
> > 2. If the user CAN turn off the device, how did the developer schedule
> > the 'math' activity to start next time the device is turned on?
>
> Possibly by arranging to have a BroadcastReceiver respond to the
> ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast Intent.
>
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