Working background with WorkManager API

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Shows concrete migration steps from Foreground Services to WorkManager using Expedited jobs (Android 12) and when to keep FGS; demonstrates a sensor-reading app implemented as chained one-time Workers plus AlarmManager and wakelocks to force exact timing. Explains limits: periodic Workers have a 15 minute minimum and variable launch jitter, expedited work hits a system quota then falls back to normal work and runs only ~1–3 minutes. Notes workManager.setForeground is deprecated on Android 12 and vendor firmware requires extra restart logic.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:30Why Do We Need Background Working
3. 2:04Multitasking
4. 6:10Sample Tasks
5. 11:37Alarm Manager
6. 22:20Periodic Requests
7. 33:24Summary
8. 37:54Can We Use Mark Manager for Location Tracking Continuously
9. 41:49Fatal Exceptions

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