Android webview inside a service?

Question

I have a WebView in my android app from which a lot of javascript is getting called by our server. I want to implement a system where a signal from the server will wake up/restart the app and bring it to the front to alert the user. I know this is horribly obnoxious but in my case its necessary.

It seems that the only way to accomplish this is to have the WebView live in a Service (because Activities can be killed by the OS at any time). Does anyone know how this would work? I've read that WebViews can only reside in Activities.

Thanks!!

Answer 1

TomBomb, thanks for accepting my previous answer but I think I might have something else of use for you. Instead of forcing an Activity to come into the foreground, why not use a Status Bar Notification to let your users know something new from the server has come in?