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soxfmr
soxfmr

Reputation: 58

Android app cannot run in the background

I click on the "home" button to run in the background app.A few hours later I open the app again,but it run the OnCreate() method.I tried to used the android:alwaysRetainTaskState attribute and I saw it didn't change anything. So what should I do?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 213

Answers (2)

Uday
Uday

Reputation: 1699

If u want to run any task in background use services as @Babibu said. here is a link which may help u out. http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidServices/article.html go through examples in it.

Upvotes: 0

Ilya Gazman
Ilya Gazman

Reputation: 32231

Activities cannot be run in background. There for we got services. Espacialy look at startForeground, but it also have it's limitations. There isn't any other way.

Upvotes: 6

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