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Appcelerator Titanium Android Background Service
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app.js
// start service
var SECONDS = 20; // every 10 seconds
var intent = Titanium.Android.createServiceIntent({
url: 'logservice.js'
});
intent.putExtra('interval', SECONDS * 1000); // Needs to be milliseconds
Titanium.Android.startService(intent);
// stop service
var intent = Titanium.Android.createServiceIntent({
url: 'logservice.js'
});
Titanium.Android.stopService(intent);
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logservice.js
// for Alloy this file goes in /assets
Ti.API.info('write something');
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tiapp.xml
<android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<services>
<service url="logservice.js" type="interval"/>
</services>
</android>
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So what does this do exactly ?
Can I use this to write a function inside logservice.js and have it run every X minutes ?
Will it work and the function be executed when the app is fully closed and device restarted ?
thanks in advance

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