Android - Android 6.0 - Application process - Service process

Question

I'm working on an android application providing a service.

I'd like to have the application and the service running on one process.

My manifest:

<application
    android:process="@string/my_process"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        ...
    </activity>

    <service
        android:name=".core.MessengerService"
        android:enabled="true"
        android:process="@string/my_process" >
        <intent-filter>
            ...
        </intent-filter>
    </service>

    ...

</application>

But when I debug step by step my application on an Android 6.0 device, I get the freezing message "Application is waiting for the debugger to attach @my_progress ...". (This problem does not occur on my Android 4.4 device)

And when I seperate the application and the service into 2 different proccesses, the debug works properly on my Android 6.0 device.

Answer 1

I'd like to have the application and the service running on one process.

Then get rid of all android:process attributes in your manifest. The default is that all components run in a single process.

And when I seperate the application and the service into 2 different proccesses

That does not happen. An Application singleton is created in every process.