gotev/android-upload-service

Foreground Service Restrictions

zfir opened this issue · 2 comments

zfir commented

Hello,

I am working on a solution with WorkManager for background uploading files. Can you tell me how you are dealing with the new foreground service restrictions?

I have seen your Docs:

Android 5.0 (API 21) to Android 12 (API 31) support. Beware you cannot start uploads while your app is the background on Android 12 due to recent Service limitations

My questions is:

  • What problem you are facing with these restrictions?
  • And how you are dealing with it?

Regards,
Zafir.

gotev commented

Hi!
This is how every upload task is started: https://github.com/gotev/android-upload-service/blob/master/uploadservice/src/main/java/net/gotev/uploadservice/extensions/ContextExtensions.kt#L25

Because of the limitations, the rule of thumb is to start uploads only when the app is in the foreground. Upload Service, from its inception, is targeted for user initiated uploads and not the right option to sync stuff in the background without the user noticing.

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