[android-developers] Re: Terminating apps

I think I understand the termination process a bit better now. I guess
calling finish() on an activity (and finish() will execute
immediately)
it is as if you are "scheduling it" for termination by the OS. And I
guess
that will justify the existance of the finishing() method that can
return
that a particular activity has been requested to terminate.

On Aug 27, 10:41 pm, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote:
> > > I am wondering if it is possible to exit the activity but
> > > subsequently
> > > ask Android to terminate it immediately ...
>
> > If by "it", you mean "the process", please do not do this. Please let
> > Android terminate it when it is ready to. Whatever problem you are
> > trying to solve can be solved better some other way.
>
> I know I know - and thus the questions. I don't feel it's the right
> thing
> to do by doing so and I am trying to find a way around it.
>
>
>
> > > On a different note - how far back do your books go? Did you cover
> > > 1.6 and 2.1?
>
> > Yes. 1.5, even. Mostly, I cover "Android" and try to point out when
> > various new-ish features were added to the OS.
>
> Good! That's a good approach. I like to study the OS but through its
> transitions and the lessons learned. I will check them out.
>
> Ack on the rest - good info. Thanks.

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