title: If an activity is killed, does the AsyncTask live on?
body: <p>I think I know the answer to this, but does an AsyncTask continue to live on once its calling Activity has been <code>finish()</code>ed? </p>
  
  <pre><code>    protected void onPreExecute() {
          Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your data is processing.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
          finish();
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit: so far two different answers :)</p>