On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:46 PM, doug <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is what the SDK doc says about the bindService(): > > "Clients can also use Context.bindService() to obtain a persistent > connection to a service. This likewise creates the service if it is > not already running (calling onCreate() while doing so), but does not > call onStartCommand()." > > This means that the Service creation lifecyle events are different > depending on whether or not the service is created out of > startService() or bindService(). Why such difference?
Because one is starting and one is binding. They are two distinct operations, akin to starting an activity (onCreate()) versus bringing an existing activity back to the foreground (onNewIntent()). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! -- 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
