How to survive on Android and don't get killed
summary
Specifics include an open source site dontkillmyapp.com, a benchmarking app and a JSON API used to measure OEM behavior, with 5 million visits and daily traffic as evidence. Claims name Doze mode V1 and V2, Adaptive battery, and OEM killers that drop alarms and wake locks, with concrete timings: Samsung sleeps apps after three days, Huawei kills after 60 minutes, Nokia killed processes after 15 minutes. The project scores phones, provides user steps and code samples, and reports that the Nokia “death star” behavior was rolled back.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction to Android
- 2:02System limitations
- 6:15Background restrictions
- 8:04Evolving background rules
- 11:01Android 9 and 10 changes
- 13:17Future Android outlook
- 14:17OEM app killing
- 17:23Don't Kill My App project
- 18:29Website and scoring system
- 20:12Reviewing manufacturer scores
- 21:25Worst offender analysis
- 25:58Technical implementation
- 28:17Developer integration
- 28:53Project achievements
- 31:57Closing song and summary
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