When you say "other applications can use the service" do you mean that they will remotely bind to it (using AIDL?). I cant think of another way.
If so, the calling app can pass a flag to android (I think it is BIND_AUTO_CREATE) that will create the service if it is not running. On Oct 6, 6:49 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Fakhri Abbas <[email protected]>wrote: > > > How to develop application with service only without any activities, so the > > user can't open the application but other applications can use the service > > Are these other applications written by you? Or is this something you want > others to tap into? > > Either way, you should be able to explicitly start the Service or register a > BroadCastReceiver for events (perhaps that you define for others to > broadcast) that then starts the service as necessary. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > 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
