Services: You Can't Live Without Them, So How Do You Cope?
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Covers how Android’s background-execution restrictions are evolving and what effects those changes have for app developers. Discusses services and background work patterns on Android, not as a simple checklist but prompting developers to think, ask questions, and explore deeper implications and trade-offs.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:07Background service problems
- 12:11Android 8+ limits
- 16:28Alternatives to background services
- 22:50JobScheduler limits
- 29:53Solution for background work
- 33:00Testing on real devices
- 38:40Energy use analysis
- 42:36Speed vs battery
- 44:11Q&A
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