Josh, I looked at the manifest file and the service was indeed set as remote.
android:process=":remote" Removing this let me stop on the breakpoint in the service. The name 'remote' is just the name of the process. Ithas no special meaning, am I correct? Thanks. Al. On Jul 2, 5:01 pm, Josh Guilfoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem you are likely experiencing is that the Eclipse plugin > only attaches by default to the process that hosts the activity > configured in the Run dialog. Android is capable of running services > in their own separate process. There are two ways around this: (1) > make sure that your manifest file doesn't declare the service process > as remote, or (2) switch to the DDMS perspective in Eclipse and > manually attach to the correct service process. > > On Jul 1, 4:46 am, "www.netthreads.co.uk" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I have created a service based on AlarmService_Service.java from the > > SDK samples. > > > In my service I want to do some work which will update a > > ContentProvider. > > > The problem I am having is that I cannot seem to get a breakpoint > > inside the service to fire. I know it is executing the service as I > > can add log statements and see it pass the point where the breakpoint > > is set. Running in debug mode under Eclipse obviously. > > > Is this possible? Can you step through the code for a background > > service? > > > Al. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
