[jira] [Resolved] (CB-1458) Android's new "Limit background processes" setting in "Developer options" breaks key PhoneGap functionality.

["Joe Bowser (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1458?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Joe Bowser resolved CB-1458.
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    Resolution: Won't Fix

After investigating this further and adding code to preserve the state, it turns out that the data can't be passed back if you don't let background processes work because the code in the camera that sends the data IS a background process.  

We will add the code to preserve state in the next version of Cordova, but this will most likely not resolve this issue, since it lies outside of Cordova.
                
> Android's new "Limit background processes" setting in "Developer options" breaks key PhoneGap functionality.
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>
>                 Key: CB-1458
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1458
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Android, CordovaJS
>         Environment: Android 4.x.x
>            Reporter: trusktr
>            Assignee: Joe Bowser
>            Priority: Minor
>
> As of version 4.x.x, Android introduced a new ability to limit background processes down to zero in Settings >> Developer Options >> Limit background processes.
> I'm not sure if this bug exists with the latest PhoneGap version, but I noticed it using PhoneGap apps for android from Google Play.
> After setting the option to "No background processes" I noticed the following. If I try to use the Media abilities of PhoneGap in an app to chose a photo or file from my system, then when the selector application returns, the PhoneGap app will restart from the beginning because it's background process was terminated.
> If I set the option back to "Standard limit" then everything works just fine.
> What do we do about this? Personally, I prefer to have the option set to "No background processes" to prevent apps from needlessly wasting resources. It works great and some apps won't get terminated if they subscribe to Android's messaging system the proper way and will be dormant.
> Anyways, with the setting turned to "No background processes", I've experienced apps that still work properly. I think there must be some way to fix this with PhoneGap.
> This is a big deal because users should be allowed to set the option to "No background processes if they so desire."

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