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

[Michael Rogers]

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Sorry if I'm misunderstanding the issue, but hasn't it always been
possible for a service (even a foreground service) to be killed by the
system without any methods being called?

https://developer.android.com/guide/components/processes-and-threads.html#Lifecycle

Cheers,
Michael

On 01/12/14 08:14, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> 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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