Flutter for Beginners

Full background process

Although very useful, the compute() function may not be the thing we need in all cases. As pointed out before, the child isolate created by the compute() function gets terminated whenever the parent isolate terminates.

In some situations, we may want to execute some code totally independent of the main application, as in the following examples:

• We might do so when receiving push notifications and updating information. We do not need the application to be running to receive and process remote push notifications.
• Another example is when listening for user location changes or entering in geofences.
• Fetching server information from a feed is another example.
• Finally, we might do so when uploading files to the server. ...