/*
* Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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*/
package android.support.v4.app;
/**
* Helper for accessing features in {@link android.app.Service}
* introduced after API level 4 in a backwards compatible fashion.
*/
public class ServiceCompat {
private ServiceCompat() {
/* Hide constructor */
}
/**
* Constant to return from {@link android.app.Service#onStartCommand}: if this
* service's process is killed while it is started (after returning from
* {@link android.app.Service#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 android.app.Service#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;
}