Android Question Starter Service and multiple activities and their resources... my doubts

[Cableguy]

Hi guys...

I'm finally decided to bring to completion my long thought app...
I'll be having a few dozens of bitmaps, some used only once, some used very often
Since the entry point is something I am worrying about, I decided to post my doubts here!

Is it better to declare and initialize my bitmaps in the starter service?
I would hate to bring to front an app with half the graphics resources missing!

How do I access these resources? I NEVER USED SERVICES BEFORE!

Since this is a service, will it lag the app start? What about Layout loading, what relation between the load layout time and the service stated resources?

 

[Erel]

As a general rule, any public process global variable that is not a string or number should go to the starter service and be initialized in Service_Create sub.

This is also true for bitmaps.

Since this is a service, will it lag the app start?

No. It doesn't matter whether the code is in a service or activity.

Layout loading is not related as it loads its own resources.