Just be aware that a "running" service does not necessarily mean it is currently doing anything... http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo.html#restarting
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Apoorva Moghey < [email protected]> wrote: > public static boolean isServiceRunning(Context context, String classPath) { > > ActivityManager activityManager = > (ActivityManager)context.getSystemService(context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE); > > final List<ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo> services = > activityManager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE); > boolean isServiceFound = false; > for (int i = 0; i < services.size(); i++) { > > RunningServiceInfo serviceInfo = services.get(i); > ComponentName serviceName = serviceInfo.service; > > if(serviceName.getClassName().equals(classPath)) { > isServiceFound =true; > } > } > return isServiceFound; > } > > > This simple function help me to solve my problem. This function simply > return boolean value for my service that running or not. Even if my service > is killed and when next time my application start i know that my service is > not running .Then my condition become > > like this > > if ( pendingTask && !isServiceRunning) { > //do work > } > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Justin Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > "So i m not able get state of service when application start." >> Right... My take on the original question was that the dev asked how to >> detect if the service was stopped before the work was done when the main >> application is launched... >> >> My point was that simply moving the location of where the flag is set >> doesn't always accommodate that... >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> Don't wait until onDestroy() to update your flag. Update your flag >>> >> "when it finishes its work", which by definition will be sooner than >>> >> -- and hopefully on a different thread than -- onDestroy(). >>> > >>> > That is a better place to put the flag but that would only work in some >>> > cases... If the service is killed before the work is done then the same >>> > problem exists. >>> >>> Yes, but then the work isn't done. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 3.4 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 >>> >> >> -- >> 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 > -- 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
