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to foreground mode. This is now handled automatically in the B4A framework. When needed services automatically start in foreground mode. Needed = Running on Android 8+ and the app is considered in...
link: /automatic-foreground-mode.90546...
link: /or Google. However: To save energy, Android has different "sleep modes". You can set...
link: Note that you should also acquire a partial wake lock. What does "a partial wake lock" me...

For some reason I had the below line in Service_Start: Service.AutomaticForegroundMode = Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS And I didn't realize that this misplacement caused that setting to not work as desired. It wasn't until I noticed that the intellisense said "Should be set in... (or display the red wavy underline warning during edit mode) when it sees that this setting is not in...
link: Not a bug....

. Service.AutomaticForegroundMode = Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS ...
link: Hi Erel, Thanks for the statement. Now my customers will be happy. ;)...
link: The relevant tutorial is this one: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/automatic-foreground...
link: Hi Gravel, Thanks for the reply and coding sample. That will help a lot! ;) I will also see if the...

is automatically held when a receiver receives an intent. The wake lock is released when the service starts. Automatic foreground mode: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/automatic-foreground-mode.90546... a wake lock is held automatically when a service is started from the background and until...

Your notification should show. Maybe you are seeing a different notification created from a differen...
link: .AutomaticForegroundMode = Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_NEVER Dim n As Notification n.Initialize n.Icon...
link: .StartForeground. Example: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/background-location-tracking.99873...
link: :-) Erel, but this is not solution. I need the ALWAYS otherwiese the Network Connection to server w...

Please use code here... tags when posting code....
link: to be raised. Service.StopAutomaticForeground End Sub And this widget what is rv? Sub...

1. You don't need to add anything in both cases. 2. Calling Service.StopAutomaticForeground will not do any harm in both cases. Automatic foreground mode is only entered when the service is started from a receiver while your app is in the background. Common cases: StartServiceAt, #StartAtBoot, push notifications and static intent filters....
link: I have to say I have read the tutorials and threads concerning the Automatic Foreground Mode, and...

the service to start while the app is not in the foreground. This means that on newer devices it will only work with B4A v8+ and that we need to call Service.StopAutomaticForeground once the task has completed. https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/automatic-foreground-mode.90546/#post-572424... - 1 Log(messages(i)) Next End If Service.StopAutomaticForeground End Sub... application is in the background. A possible workaround is to call Service.StartForeground in the service...

: Automatic Foreground Mode ... services while the app is in the foreground. If you are using B4A v8.30+ then the starter service will not... make the starter service a foreground service. It will not work once the backed service is destroyed...

thinking of including "Service.AutomaticForegroundMode = Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS" mode/setting as mentioned in https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/automatic-foreground-mode.90546... with Service.AutomaticForegroundMode = Service.AUTOMATIC_FOREGROUND_ALWAYS What would be the best practice to keep a service (foreground) running 24/7? I am asking because when I use just the sticky option... of the app to work correctly, I need to set the targetSDK=22. So, will setting the foreground mode work...