Apps Background application

[yogeshlanjekar]

Hi all,
Can anybody tell me how to run android application in background (like in Blackberry)??

Thanks and Regards,
Yogi

 

[id0001]

You'd need to make a Service.
Service | Android Developers

 

[yogeshlanjekar]

You'd need to make a Service.
Service | Android Developers

Thanks for the reply.
Services can be used for background process which may be supportive to the application. But I want my android application(Activity) should keep on running in background(Invisible to end user). Can you please help me out?

Thanks and Regards,
Yogi

 

[id0001]

What would you want to do with this application?

 

[yogeshlanjekar]

What would you want to do with this application?

Thanks for the reply.
I want to pull the data from server at regular time interval while application is running in background and with user is logged in.

Thanks and Regards,
Yogi

 

[id0001]

You can set your application to be persistant in your AndroidManifest.xml file. Then the program won't be destroyed when you send it to the background.

But for regular data pulling you really should use services.

 

[francoisc]

Yeah I confirm, only a service will be able to do what you want, there are some usefull tuto on the net... but the easier way to learn, is to take an opensource code to see how it s made.
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[jonbonazza]

Just to elaborate, a service does NOT require a supportive activity... You can have an app that runs strictly as a service...