Wow. Quick reply. Thanks.
Ok. So to let the service act on the "broadcast" intents I'll forward
them in the BroadcastReceiver:
public void onReceive (Context context, Intent intent) {
context.startService(intent.setClass(context, MyService.class));
}
Is that good practice?
On Nov 10, 1:53 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Henrik Lindqvist
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I've got a IntentService started by an alarm. I also want it to start
> > on other intents, like ACTION_TIME_CHANGED. Do I have to create an
> > BroadcastReceiver that start the service when it receivers the
> > TIME_SET intent, can't the service be started by the intent in the
> > first place. I tried to add <service>/<intent-filter>/<action> but
> > didn't work. Should it?
>
> There are three "channels", if you will, on the Intent message bus:
>
> -- starting activities (Activity)
> -- starting services (Service)
> -- sending broadcasts (BroadcastReceiver)
>
> ACTION_TIME_CHANGED is a broadcast action (as indicated in the docs).
> That can only be received by a BroadcastReceiver. It cannot be
> received by a service.
>
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