keepRunning PhoneGap/Cordova

Question

Anyone can explain me how keepRunning works in the config.xml for Android.

I mean, I don't want to know how to write the instruction but how does it work, how does it affect the execution of the Android app ? Does it create an Service in background ?

If anyone can find the source where we can see how does it work, that will be great

Thanks.

Edit : I try to analyze the generated code, analyze the RAM, services and processus in the setting of Android. And my conclusion is..... that do nothing. If you try to make a app which track the user with GPS, dont use Cordova. To track the user correctly, you need to make a Service with the START_STICKY option. So, it's in native code. you lost the interest of the CrossPlatform because you have to recode the service for all platforms and in my opinion, the communication between Native Service and Cordova App is not easy.

In conlusion, if you use Cordova, you have to know you can't use the power of all native, you have to make choise : - easy dev (subjective) and crossplaform (really crossplatform ?) and - Native dev with its power and no compatibility problems but you have to make one app for one platform