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<blockquote> AFAIK, it would appear that this thread continues to execute. </blockquote> This is true but you have no guarantee of how long the thread will stay alive. <blockquote> What will happen to this thread if the Android gets into a low memory situation and decides to kill the entire Application? </blockquote> This is actually a fairly rare case in my experience but it will depend on the device's available memory and the user's behaviour, for example they use the device heavily and start multiple apps. <blockquote> Will there ever be a situation were this thread might die prematurely? </blockquote> Yes <blockquote> If so, is there any way I can see that the thread is being killed, and do something about it? </blockquote> No <blockquote> I'm asking because this thread modifies important data in the database, and if it is suddenly killed, the application could stop functioning properly. </blockquote> What you describe could be classed as something which is 'mission critical'. As the other two answers have pointed out, a Service would be a more robust way of doing things as a Service is one of the last things to be 'killed' in a low memory situation. Using START_REDELIVER_INTENT may help in resuming what it was doing. In any case, if you have a 'mission critical' operation, you need to design your code for full recovery such as the use of transactions and the possibility of rollbacks in case of errors.
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