[guardian-dev] Orbot v14.1.4: The Battle for the Background!

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Is there any documentation about onDestroy() no longer being called?  That
would be a pretty big change.  Maybe something in TorService is crashing?
Then onDestroy() wouldn't be called.

.hc

Nathan of Guardian:
> I think we've finally gotten all the background service longevity sorted
> out, especially on Lollipop where it seemed to be much more brutal, in
> outright killing of the TorService instant, even without calling
> onDestroy(). Anyhow, now startForeground() is doing what it should be,
> we aren't binding any more (Just use broadcasts and startService()
> calls), and Orbot doesn't show up in recent apps anymore, so no more
> swiping away....
> 
> 
> /** 14.1.4 / 29-Nov-2014 / b7fcbdc4e85071191cc95c3824e7b5a90d36d1e8 **/
> 
> * Stop background service being killed
> 	1e0f640 adding dummyactivity to stop task/broadcast from killing
> 	foreground service
> 	ec9204a clean-up of code to make service more long-lived and
> 	stable
> 	da4866c update polipo to latest head
> 
> * Activity and theme updates
> 	917cfa1 support SDK 16, add custom theme, make Orbot singleTop
> 	activity
> 	91f4fa0 cleanup landscape layout
> 	ad7d92f clean-up / remove un-used code
> 	d5823e3 updates to layout to make it cleaner
> 	2d6c26a show exit node info in log
> 
> APK Lollipop:
> https://guardianproject.info/releases/Orbot-v14.1.4-LollipopPIE.apk
> (.asc)
> APK <= KitKat:
> https://guardianproject.info/releases/Orbot-v14.1.4-UpToKitKat-nonPIE.apk
> (.asc)
> 
> Souirce:
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git/commit/b34d971193d843f1258904cba55779a58c819d0f
> 
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