Run script or app in background on android?

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I have a very simple script that take data from a json web api and saves it to device storage every 60 seconds. Problem I run into is that if the app is not presently open on the screen then it pauses. Apparently unity doesn't have a built in feature for run in background on Android. Does anyone know of a method to keep an app open in the background? I only need that single C# script to run in the background but if the entire instance keeps going that's OK too. Note: this app will never be published or public in any way so if it needs to be system specific that's ok. I use galaxy S20 FE.

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Answer by Eno-Khaon · Sep 03, 2021 at 07:06 PM

I can't guarantee that this is exactly what you're looking for, but this may be a good place to start.

As a general rule, you can only rely on a Service to run in the background on Android, so that should also be a usable term to search around for.

If you find something that works, let us know! The more information we have here, the better.

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PandixDevelopment · Sep 04, 2021 at 07:12 AM 0

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Thank you for this answer. When looking further into it I found this from the unity store. I'm not sure that it's the same thing but it works very well for running stuff in the background and is the solution I found. https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/task-invoker-mobile-background-tasks-165472

Run script or app in background on android?

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