[Android-development] What is the purpose of QtServiceActivity in Qt 5.7?

[Fabrice Salvaire]

Le 25/04/2016 à 16:18, Jason H a écrit :
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>> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 at 7:20 AM
>> From: "Fabrice Salvaire" <fabrice.salvaire at orange.fr>
>> To: "android-development at qt-project.org" <android-development at qt-project.org>
>> Subject: [Android-development] What is the purpose of QtServiceActivity in Qt 5.7?
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Do you know if Qt 5.7 provides some helpers to develop android service?
>> Is there some documentation on the web about this?
>>
>> I found this
>>    * https://wiki.qt.io/New_Features_in_Qt_5.7   Mobile platforms :
>> Android: Qt can now be used to easily create Android Services.
>>    * and few doc there https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/149627/
>>
>> I am developing a foreground service using notification.
> I don't know what you mean by a "foreground service"? Services don't have GUI, and therefore can't be in the foreground.

It's a type of service described here 
http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html#Foreground