android activity running in bkground
<p>is there a way to keep an activity running even though it has been sent to the background, home button is clicked, ?
My app has a countdowntimer and i want the timer to keep running even though the app is in the background.</p>

<p>Is there a way to do this without using services ? Because ive been reading up on services and im really notgetting how to use them... and if services is the only way can someone give me a simple tutorial or guide from where i can try this...
I've already seen all the documents and examples on the developer.android.com website... anything apart from those...</p>

<p>thankyou </p>
