Android: running the application in the background

Question

Hi,

I am trying to allow my user to close the application, but still maintain a connection that listens for events. The icon should appear in the status bar, and when the user clicks on the notification, they return to the application.

Any ideas on how I can do this?

Thank you very much in advance,

Answer 1

I think you want to implement a service. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html

Answer 2

Use Service , a Notification and startForeground() . Here is an example application from one of my books demonstrating this technique.