Thanks for your quick answer.
If I understand right, I could solve it like this:
@Override
public void onStart( Intent intent, int startId ){
super.onStart( intent, startId );
if( !mServiceRunning ) {
mServiceHandler = new Handler();
mServiceHandler.post( mTask );
mServiceRunning = true;
}
}
Now I can call startService from the client side, before I will bind or
rebind to the service.
Is this the recommended way, to deal with remote services?
Thanks for your help!
Regards, Markus
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM, maecky <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > How do I know if the service has already been started (therefore i
> > would only need to bind to the service again) or not (then I would
> > need to call startService() first and then bind to the service)?
>
> You don't know.
>
> > What would happen, if I call startService() if the service is already
> > running?
>
> Nothing much. The service will be called with onStart(), so if you are
> overriding that, you will get control there.
>
> > Does the OS start a second service, or will it affect the
> > service which is already running?
>
> At most one instance of a service will be running at one time.
>
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