Thank you. It's working... On Sep 3, 4:39 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > One possible solution is to use a Handler / Runnable combo. > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Handler.html > > Before you start the worker thread (and therefore executing the UI > thread), get the thread's Hander object (use the default constructor for > that) and make it available to the worker thread. > > In the worker thread, use a subclass of Runnable (can be a anonymous > inner class) with Handler.post. > > -- Kostya > > 02.09.2010 10:22, kukukk пишет: > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > I have successfully implemented a background service communicating > > with more activities using BroadcasReceiver. In this service I start a > > new thread for soket communication. Now my question is: what is the > > best way to communicate between the newly created thread and the > > service (I want to send back to the service the message received from > > tcp server)? I have implemented the new thread class as an inner > > class, so I can access members and methods from service class. It is > > working, but it is the right way to do this? > > > On Sep 1, 10:05 pm, Jeremy Wadsack<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Probably the best path to take would be to move your thread into a > >> Service<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html>. > >> Then use > >> Intents<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html>or > >> binding to connect activities to the service. Similarly you can have > >> the > >> service broadcast intents and use a > >> BroadcastReceiver<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/BroadcastRecei...>with > >> an > >> IntenetFilter<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html>to > >> listen for those messages from the service. > > >> Have a look at the Application > >> Fundamentals<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html>in > >> the Dev Guide and the sample code that ships with the SDK for examples > >> of > >> how to do this. > > >> -- > >> Jeremy Wadsack > > >> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:16 PM, kukukk<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hy! > >>> I want to create an application to remote control my PC. For example: > >>> Volume (get actual volume level, increase/decrease/mute volume), > >>> TVtime (start/quit tvtime, get actual channel, toggle fulscreen, > >>> channel up/down, toggle input source, toggle aspect ratio), Amarok > >>> (start/quit amarok, get current song, prev/next song, play/stop/ > >>> pause), etc. > >>> The application for the PC is done (in python). > >>> The communication protocol used is very simple. For example: > >>> "volume:get_level", "volume:up", "volume:mute", etc. > >>> Now I'm working on the android application. What I have implemented > >>> till now is to create an activity, with: > >>> - an edittext to enter host:port > >>> - a button to connect/disconnect to/from server > >>> - the onCreate method creates a new thread for socket communication to > >>> send/receive messages to/from PC. > >>> - a textview to display information received from PC (eg. volume > >>> level) > >>> - a button to send command to PC > >>> I'm using handler to communicate between the tcpclient thread and the > >>> main activity. It is working... > >>> But I want to use more than 1 activity. I want to use different > >>> activity for every program controlled. Searching for a solution to > >>> transfer the thread's handler to a new activity I have found that it > >>> is not possible, and I have to use a service. > >>> So, my question is: how to send message from different activities to > >>> the same service, how to send message from service to the actual > >>> activity and how can I check in the service which is the actual > >>> activity? > >>> Because the service is running in the same thread as the activities I > >>> suppose that I still have to create a new thread for socket > >>> communication. How can I send the data received by the socket to the > >>> service? > >>> Thanks in advance, > >>> kukukk > >>> PS. I hope you understand my question and sorry if it is not the right > >>> forum for it > >>> -- > >>> 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%2Bunsubs > >>> [email protected]> > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com
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