Android: Activity needs to be minimized or hidden, how to keep it alive?

Have a look at this tutorial that discusses how to build an application with a background service. You may also refer the official documentation on the Service class.

Kindly have a look at the "Edit Info" to know clearly where am I stuck and also concerned. – Tvd May 16 at 8:51.

The Service could check to see if the Activity is running (via an IBinder) and start a new one in case it was killed see my response here for links to tutorials on this. Another possibility is to create an Application object that has references to both the Activity and the Service, that you can use to manage your needs. Applications are less likely to be killed than Activities.

Anyhow, it all comes down to restart your Activity if it was killed. Use saveInstance() to save any data you need from your Activity (See this question).

Aleadam, Thanks for the links. Kindly have a look at the indo added to question. Do you say that using IBinder, and binding it with the activity, untill the service is running, activity won't go in pause stage for longer i.e.

What I am concered is somewhat wrong? – Tvd May 16 at 8:53.

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