Merge "Explicitly mention again that startCommand() runs on the main thread." into gingerbread

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Brad Fitzpatrick
2010-07-27 15:19:08 -07:00
committed by Android (Google) Code Review

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@@ -400,7 +400,15 @@ public abstract class Service extends ContextWrapper implements ComponentCallbac
*
* {@sample development/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/ForegroundService.java
* start_compatibility}
*
*
* <p class="caution">Note that the system calls this on your
* service's main thread. A service's main thread is the same
* thread where UI operations place for Activities running in the
* same process. You should always avoid stalling the main
* thread's event loop. When doing long-running operations,
* network calls, or heavy disk I/O, you should kick off a new
* thread, or use {@link android.os.AsyncTask}.</p>
*
* @param intent The Intent supplied to {@link android.content.Context#startService},
* as given. This may be null if the service is being restarted after
* its process has gone away, and it had previously returned anything