6

I know that we have 10 seconds to handle an intent; otherwise, watch dog timer will kick in. And its suppose be a light-weight function. So my question is, does the BroadcastReceiver run in the same process as your root activity? Or does it run on Zygote system process?

Takeshi Kaga
  • 48
  • 2
  • 15

1 Answers1

7

So my question is, does the BroadcastReceiver run in the same process as your root activity?

Yes. And, as xandy notes, it also runs on the main application thread. Your BroadcastReceiver should either do its work very quickly or call startService() on an IntentService (or something) that can do long-running work on a background thread.

BTW, I am pleased to see that you have time to spend on Android application development, now that you are no longer busy saving the world. It must be nice to spend time on a hobby and not worry about being shot at, blown up, etc. :-)

CommonsWare
  • 986,068
  • 189
  • 2,389
  • 2,491
  • Thanks! That helps a lot. Yes, I had a lot of time after the series and then jumped right into the movie. I have some problems with memory loss, but I am getting the hang of it :D – Takeshi Kaga Nov 03 '10 at 07:47