Android Background task

[Mohamed]

I have a python service as bot.py 

bot.py 

import time
i = 0  
while (True):
      time.sleep(1)
      i += 1
      print(i)

calling it from main.py 

if platform == 'android':
    service = autoclass('org.test.myapp.ServiceBot')
    mActivity = autoclass('org.kivy.android.PythonActivity').mActivity
    argument = ''
    service.start(mActivity, argument)

after calling the service to run I want to keep this task(ServiceBot) running after closing the app, how I can implement that?

the log output after closing the app:

01-15 14:47:32.961   890  1391 I ActivityManager: Killing 28386:org.test.myapp:service_bot/u0a166 (adj 5): remove task

01-15 14:47:33.015   890   901 D ActivityManager: SVC-handleAppDiedLocked: app = ProcessRecord{69c2e8 28386:org.test.myapp:service_bot/u0a166}, app.pid = 28386

[Alexander Taylor]

From a quick search, it looks like the python-for-android service code is missing what's needed to start as a sticky foreground service that can outlast the app activity. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42126979/cannot-keep-android-service-alive-after-app-is-closed gives some information, and these steps would need to be applied at https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/blob/master/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java .