IntentService implements onStartCommand() to put the incoming commands into the queue for its thread. You can control the return option it uses with this:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/IntentService.html#setIntentRedelivery(boolean) On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Federico Paolinelli <[email protected]>wrote: > Just one last question (I hope): will the onStartCommand be called on > my IntentService? Should I put the code to handle the intent? > I expect I don't have to since it must be handled in onHandleIntent. > What value should I return in onStartCommand? Or is it just enough not > to override it and implement only onHandleIntent? > > Thanks a lot for your support. > > Federico > > On 30 Giu, 02:14, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes the intents will be enqueued and handled one at a time on the other > > thread. Context.startService() is always asynchronous, no matter what > the > > service does. > > > > IntentService derives from Service (it is a convenience class > implementing > > one common Service pattern), so it inherits all of the functionality of > > Service. > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Federico Paolinelli <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have to process some events given by a broadcast receiver. > > > As kindly suggested by Mark M. a week ago, I am trying to send the > > > intent to an intentservice in order to pass the data to be processed > > > to another thread. > > > > > Looking at the doc, I can read abot onHandleIntent: > > > "Only one Intent is processed at a time, but the processing happens on > > > a worker thread that runs independently from other application logic. > > > So, if this code takes a long time, it will hold up other requests to > > > the same IntentService, but it will not hold up anything else. > > > > > What does it mean? Will the intents be queued and then processed one > > > by one, or does it mean that the startService will block if the > > > intentService is busy processing a previous intent? > > > > > And more (this is just my curiosity): > > > What is the point in having a onStartCommand method in IntentService > > > if the Intents must be processed in "onHandleIntent"? > > > > > Why the IntentService has all the onBind facilities if it will die > > > when it finish its job? > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance, > > > > > Federico > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
