[This post is by Dianne Hackborn, a Software Engineer who sits very near the exact center of everything Android. — Tim Bray] Android is fairly unique in the ways it allows multiple applications to run at the same time. Developers coming from a different platform may find the way it operates surprising. Understanding its behavior is important for designing applications that will work well and integ
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