onBind only gets called once when the service is started, subsequent bindServices reuse the same IBinder
This isnt particularly well documented, but confirmed after numerous attempts to debug and http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/d887a04a0b46c721/475755b074aa8a4e?show_docid=475755b074aa8a4e On Jan 27, 7:49 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Use two different AIDL files and two different binders returned by > onBind(). Use something in the Intent (e.g., custom action) to > distinguish which one to return for a given bind request. > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Dale Harvey <d...@arandomurl.com> wrote: > > I have an application that provides a remoteService that is defined > > through an .aidl generated interface, this all works great, completely > > seperate applications just need to bundle the .aidl and they can > > control the service in a specific way > > > However I want the sevice to provide an extra API when it is bound to > > the application that it ships with, which is an administrative > > interface. > > > The administrative interface still needs to perform the usual > > bidirectional communication that remoteService lets me use but with > > additional calls in the api that arent provided to other packages > > > Since the service and activity that starts it are in the same package > > I have tried various setups of singletons and static interfaces to no > > avail (there is state involved so a pure static interface isnt enough) > > however none of these have worked, I can get round it with various > > nasty ways through Application variables / talk through the filesystem > > however I was wondering if it was possible in a cleaner way. > > > Thanks > > Dale Harvey > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in London:http://bit.ly/smand1andhttp://bit.ly/smand2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
