Would a content provider work? On 14 Apr 2011 04:56, "bogde" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm new here and new to Android development too, so I want to > apologize for my ignorance. > > I'm working on an application that is supposed to gather some data > from an external device continuously, display the data on a chart in > real-time and also store data so it's accessible at a later time as a > table or as a chart. The application needs to store the data all the > time, even if it's not active on the screen. > > Currently I have a service that starts on boot and deals with > receiving the data and storing it inside a sqlite database. The > service opens the database and keeps it open all the time, until it's > killed. This part seems to work pretty well so far. > > Now, I would like to have an activity that retrieves the last 60 > values from the database and plots them on a chart. I'm currently > using Android Plot. I need to have a thread or something that > constantly checks for database changes and redraws the chart on the > screen if needed. My question is, what would be the best way to > accomplish this? How to "share" the database between the service that > runs all the time and an activity? > > I searched and answers to somewhat similar questions are all over the > web. However, most people talk about how to share the database between > two or more activities or between an activity and a service that is > started temporarily. > > Thanks! > > -- > 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
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