Building for Android O
summary
Android O stops apps from starting background services causing an IllegalStateException if attempted and instead forces use of JobScheduler or Firebase JobDispatcher and the support library JobIntentService as a replacement for IntentService. There is a short grace period of a few minutes and temporary whitelist windows for high priority FCM SMS and notification actions. Implicit manifest broadcasts are restricted while explicit broadcasts and dynamic registration remain allowed. Location in the background is throttled to a few times an hour unless using batching or a foreground service and developers must switch from PendingIntent.getService to getBroadcast or geofencing and opportunistic requests with fastestInterval set to capture frequent points.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 0:19Building for Android
- 3:44System Health
- 14:53User Visible
- 19:42Background Services
- 21:11JobScheduler
- 24:24Dynamic Registration
- 25:28Firebase Cloud Messaging
- 26:11JobintentService V4 Support Lib
- 26:49Wakeful BroadcastReceiver
- 27:07Help the OS help you!
- 28:07Foreground Services Would the user approve
- 29:28Do you need to do it?
- 33:56Location Limits
- 39:34Location Strategies Rethink strategies for pre-O acos
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