2014-01-21 16:45:02
我们知道，当进程长期不活动时，如果系统资源吃紧，会杀死一些Service，或不可见的Activity等所在的进程。
如何避免Service被系统杀死，随便在网上搜一下，都能搜到好几种方法，但是每一种方法都有不同的适用环境。
1. 添加android:persistent="true"
添加android:persistent="true"到AndroidManifest.xml，Google文档描述如下：
Whether or not the application should remain running at all times-true" if it should, and "false"if not. The default value is "false". Applications should not normally set this flag; persistence mode is intended only for certain system applications.可见这个属性不能随便用，到目前为止，我所发现使用该属性的应用只有Phone，而且使用是要求权限的，所以这个属性对第三方应用来说意义不是很大；
2. 设置onStartCommand（）的返回值
这个思路比较有用，我们着重分析一下，该方法有四种返回值：
START_STICKY
START_NOT_STICKY
START_REDELIVER_INTENT
START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY
Google官方解释如下，有兴趣的可以展开看看：
/** * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: compatibility * version of {@link #START_STICKY} that does not guarantee that * {@link #onStartCommand} will be called again after being killed. */ public static final int START_STICKY_COMPATIBILITY = 0; /** * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: if this service's * process is killed while it is started (after returning from * {@link #onStartCommand}), then leave it in the started state but * don't retain this delivered intent. Later the system will try to * re-create the service. Because it is in the started state, it will * guarantee to call {@link #onStartCommand} after creating the new * service instance; if there are not any pending start commands to be * delivered to the service, it will be called with a null intent * object, so you must take care to check for this. * * <p>This mode makes sense for things that will be explicitly started * and stopped to run for arbitrary periods of time, such as a service * performing background music playback. */ public static final int START_STICKY = 1; /** * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: if this service's * process is killed while it is started (after returning from * {@link #onStartCommand}), and there are no new start intents to * deliver to it, then take the service out of the started state and * don't recreate until a future explicit call to * {@link Context#startService Context.startService(Intent)}. The * service will not receive a {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} * call with a null Intent because it will not be re-started if there * are no pending Intents to deliver. * * <p>This mode makes sense for things that want to do some work as a * result of being started, but can be stopped when under memory pressure * and will explicit start themselves again later to do more work. An * example of such a service would be one that polls for data from * a server: it could schedule an alarm to poll every N minutes by having * the alarm start its service. When its {@link #onStartCommand} is * called from the alarm, it schedules a new alarm for N minutes later, * and spawns a thread to do its networking. If its process is killed * while doing that check, the service will not be restarted until the * alarm goes off. */ public static final int START_NOT_STICKY = 2; /** * Constant to return from {@link #onStartCommand}: if this service's * process is killed while it is started (after returning from * {@link #onStartCommand}), then it will be scheduled for a restart * and the last delivered Intent re-delivered to it again via * {@link #onStartCommand}. This Intent will remain scheduled for * redelivery until the service calls {@link #stopSelf(int)} with the * start ID provided to {@link #onStartCommand}. The * service will not receive a {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} * call with a null Intent because it will will only be re-started if * it is not finished processing all Intents sent to it (and any such * pending events will be delivered at the point of restart). */ public static final int START_REDELIVER_INTENT = 3;