Creating an android service that doesn't get killed by GM
This is a simple example of an application that implements a service that does NOT get killed by the Android Memory Manager. An application gets killed for a lot of reason (if the app is a third party app, not a root app):
if the application is taking too much of the phone's memory or if the application has simply been open too long.
Now here's a simple concept of how to create a service that lasts as long as the phone is on:
You create the Service that you don't want killed and in the onDestroy() method, you send a signal to a simple BroadcastReceiver. Then
You create a BroadcastReceiver that is set up to receive signal when the service is destroyed and starts the same service that just got killed!
GO to MainActivity.java since it's the starting point of the application. This activity creates a button that is designed to start the service.
GO to TypicalService.java to see an example of the service that is not being killed. The main point of the service is at the end- onDestroy() method.
GO to BroadcastToRestartService.java to see how the broadcast calls the service again when it is shut down and the broadcast is sent.
Hope you find something useful here! Cheers!