What happens to an Android thread after the Activity that created it is destroyed?

Question

In my Android app, the main Activity will sometimes start a Thread to load data from a server. This thread modifies the app\'s database and edits some important files. AFAIK,

Answer 1

It sounds like you should move the db updating to a Service. Once an Activity goes to the background, Android assumes its process can be killed off if necessary and restarted later without ill effect. See Application Fundamentals for more info.