On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Aluvala Suman <aluvala.su...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to access a service in other package, but not able to get the
> binder.
>
> Attached my file hierarchy.
> This is the manifest file for the ExampleService package
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
> package="example.service" android:versionCode="1"
> android:versionName="1.0">
> <application android:icon="@drawable/icon"
> android:label="@string/app_name">
> <service android:enabled="true" android:label="ExampleService"
> android:name=".ExampleService">
> <intent-filter>
> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
> </intent-filter>
> </service>
A <service> should not have that <intent-filter>. Please use an
<intent-filter> like:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="my.totally.unique.NAME" />
</intent-filter>
> In the ExampleActivity i am accessing the service by doing
>
> import example.service.IExampleService;
> .....
>
> ServiceIntent = new Intent();
> //ServiceIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("example.service",
> "example.service.IExampleService"));
> ServiceIntent.setClassName("example.service",
> "example.service.IExampleService");
> bindService(ServiceIntent, conn, BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
Use:
serviceIntent = new Intent("my.totally.unique.NAME");
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