“Background” is an overloaded term in the Android world. It’s used to describe different things in different contexts including: running off the UI thread while your app is in foreground; running for a very short time after your app goes to the background; running for a short time on receipt of a high priority FCM data message; or running scheduled jobs. In this video, Nasir Khan covers some best practices along with solutions for various use cases that will work today and in the future. Watch more Android talks from GDD India '17 here: https://goo.gl/wBGpJu Check out the ‘All Sessions’ playlist for the rest of the talks that were given at GDD India ’17: https://goo.gl/1N3HsD Subscribe to the Google Developers India channel: https://goo.gl/KhLwu2