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Android Background Work

hoangnguyen0403/android-background-work

Implement WorkManager and background processing correctly on Android. Use when creating Worker classes, scheduling tasks, choosing between WorkManager and Foreground Services, or setting up Hilt in workers; defer FCM and notification delivery to android-notifications.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/HoangNguyen0403/agent-skills-standard --skill android-background-work

What comes with it

4 402 bytes besides the instruction
evals/evals.json
references/implementation.md

The instruction itself

7 sections, as written by the author

Android Background Work Standards

Priority: P1 (HIGH)

Implementation Guidelines

WorkManager

  • CoroutineWorker: Use for all background tasks.
  • Constraints: explicit (Require Network, Charging).
  • Hilt: Use @HiltWorker for DI integration. Inject dependencies via @AssistedInject constructor; bind with HiltWorkerFactory in WorkManager configuration.

Foreground Services

  • Only When Necessary: Use generating visible notifications only for tasks user actively aware of (Playback, Calls, Active Navigation). Otherwise use WorkManager.

Anti-Patterns

  • No IntentService: Deprecated. Use WorkManager for all background tasks.
  • No Short Background Jobs: Use Coroutines in ViewModel scope instead.

References

  • Worker Template

How to use it

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