What happens if you move start/bind to onStart of your activity? Also, in my code I do it in the reverse order: bind first, then the binding is established, finally startService when about to tell it to do something in the background.
-- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 21.12.2010 19:57 пользователь "Kalyan Akella" <[email protected]> написал: > Thank you for the reply. > > I'm indeed returning a valid IBinder inside the service's onBind method. > Here it is: > > public class MyService extends IntentService { > private Messenger myMessenger; > > // Service Constructor > public MyService() { > super("MyService"); > *myMessenger = new Messenger(new MyServiceHandler(this))*; > } > > @Override > public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { > Log.i(APP_TAG, "Inside service onBind"); > return *myMessenger.getBinder()*; > } > > // other methods... > } > > Moreover I ensured that my activity calls the *unbindService()* method only > from inside its *onDestroy()* method and no where else. This is exactly > what's been puzzling me as to why android still decides to unbind & kill the > service even if the activity that spawned it is still alive in the first > place. > > Am I missing something here ?? Any pointers ??? > 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]<android-developers%[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
