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| -rw-r--r-- | core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java | 34 |
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diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java index af981f69d3b6..0440be6dbd40 100644 --- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java +++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java @@ -75,7 +75,39 @@ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; /** - * Interact with the overall activities running in the system. + * <p> + * This class gives information about, and interacts + * with, activities, services, and the containing + * process. + * </p> + * + * <p> + * A number of the methods in this class are for + * debugging or informational purposes and they should + * not be used to affect any runtime behavior of + * your app. These methods are called out as such in + * the method level documentation. + * </p> + * + *<p> + * Most application developers should not have the need to + * use this class, most of whose methods are for specialized + * use cases. However, a few methods are more broadly applicable. + * For instance, {@link android.app.ActivityManager#isLowRamDevice() isLowRamDevice()} + * enables your app to detect whether it is running on a low-memory device, + * and behave accordingly. + * {@link android.app.ActivityManager#clearApplicationUserData() clearApplicationUserData()} + * is for apps with reset-data functionality. + * </p> + * + * <p> + * In some special use cases, where an app interacts with + * its Task stack, the app may use the + * {@link android.app.ActivityManager.AppTask} and + * {@link android.app.ActivityManager.RecentTaskInfo} inner + * classes. However, in general, the methods in this class should + * be used for testing and debugging purposes only. + * </p> */ public class ActivityManager { private static String TAG = "ActivityManager"; |