Android "Use notification"?

[JimmyTheSaint]

Does selecting "Use notification" in the Android app help keep the app running by preventing the system from killing or swapping it out of memory? Some apps say they need to remain in the notifications area for that reason. But I don't actually need the BTSync app's notifications. Normally, I kill the screen-hogging status bar process, and I'd like to be able to do that without an undue risk of losing sync.

[vadimt]

Hi!

When there is no free memory in the system android will start kill the processes.

The order will be the following:

1. Empty process

2. Background process

3. Service process

4. Visible process

5. Foreground process

http://developer.android.com/guide/components/processes-and-threads.html

According to it "Use notification" will not help to prevent the system from killing the app.

But the chance that app will be killed more quickly is more when "Use notification" is unchecked.

Thanks!