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Asked: 2026-05-16T01:43:19+00:00

I’m writing a widget that pulls data from a web page every 5 minutes,

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I’m writing a widget that pulls data from a web page every 5 minutes, using a timer. This works fine for an hour or two, then the process is killed.

I/ActivityManager(81): No longer want bellander.android.widget (pid 1118): hidden #16

and the system kills of the process. How do I prevent this? Is the use of a timer wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m writing a widget that pulls data
    from a web page every 5 minutes, using
    a timer

    Please use AlarmManager for this. Do not attempt to have a service (or, worse, an AppWidgetProvider) live forever.

    Also, please make the period configurable and disable-able. Just because you want five-minute-polling does not mean your users always will.

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