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Commit ca007e52 authored by TreeHugger Robot's avatar TreeHugger Robot Committed by Android (Google) Code Review
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Merge "Docs: VPNs under Android O should promote to the foreground" into oc-dev

parents 17e641da 28a3e859
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@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 *       shut down the tunnel gracefully.</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * <p>Services extended this class need to be declared with appropriate
 * <p>Services extending this class need to be declared with an appropriate
 * permission and intent filter. Their access must be secured by
 * {@link android.Manifest.permission#BIND_VPN_SERVICE} permission, and
 * their intent filter must match {@link #SERVICE_INTERFACE} action. Here
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 *     &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
 * &lt;/service&gt;</pre>
 *
 * <p> The Android system starts a VPN in the background by calling
 * {@link android.content.Context#startService startService()}. In Android 8.0
 * (API level 26) and higher, the system places VPN apps on the temporary
 * whitelist for a short period so the app can start in the background. The VPN
 * app must promote itself to the foreground after it's launched or the system
 * will shut down the app.
 *
 * @see Builder
 */
public class VpnService extends Service {