On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:25 AM, goosedroid <[email protected]> wrote:
> I spent some time looking with Google Code Search, but I have not been able > to find instances where this was done. > Probably because calling startService within the Service itself to start itself doesn't really make sense. If you're already in the Service, why do you need to start it? > Would there be any differences between these two attempts: > > Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyService.class); > startService(intent) > > or > > Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyService.class); > startService(intent) > Don't use getApplicationContext(). There's absolutely no reason to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
