Start a service from Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler?

Question

I\'m trying to setup a global exception handling service as mentioned in this answer. This approach sounds logical because after a crash, the code in my custom Thread.Uncaug

Answer 1

Ah, I figured this out. The key was to add android:process to the manifest, which forces the service to launch in a seperate process. This prevents the service from being killed when the application is killed.

<service
    android:name="your.package.blah.blah.MyExceptionService"
    android:process=":exception" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="your.package.blah.blah.REPORT" />
    </intent-filter>
    </service>