I assume you are calling Bind with Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE flag to start the system.
Try to explicitly call startService before calling bind. Artak On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Kalyan Akella <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a scenario which requires the Android service from not getting > destroyed when the Activity that started it (through bindService) calls the > unbind. Here it goes... > > Step1: The main activity A, starts and renders the UI which contains some > text and a button B. > Step2. Inside the onCreate() method, A calls bindService and starts/binds to > a certain service S (which by the way is an IntentService and a > LocationListener). > Step3: Back on the UI, on click of the button B, the activity A sends a > certain message M to the service S. > Step4: S reads the user's current geo-location and if a fix is available, it > sends this message M along with this geo-location to a certain web service. > Step5: But if the current geo-location (the last known location) is > unavailable or if the web service is unreachable, it queues this message to > send it across later. > Step6: On the UI, the user might exit the application which causes A to do > its onDestroy which in turn calls the unbindService() to unbind from S. > > Here's my problem. If the message wasn't sent in Step 5 by the service S and > in Step 6 if the user exits the application, Android kills the service S > because there's no one else bound to it and hence the message it was > supposed to send is forever lost (unless I store it elsewhere to re-send it > if the user restarts my application). > > So, is there a better way to do all this or is there a way to prevent S from > getting destroyed if the message queue is not empty. Please help. > Sincere Regards, > Kalyan > > -- > 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 -- 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
