Thanks. So, any idea on how to associate the view created in the activity with the mediaplayer instance created in the service. It's not an issue for playing audio files but for video files, i need a surface to render it :(
I am sure ppl must have faced this issue - it appears pretty commonly, i believe. Thanks. On Apr 27, 11:18 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > You can't do this from a service. A service is not associated with a UI. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:15 AM, droid-stricken <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have an activity - > > public class mainActivity extends Activity { > > > private SurfaceView sv; > > > @Override > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > sv = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.video_surface); > > > ..... > > } > > } > > > I have a service - > > > public class VideoService extends Service { > > > private static MediaPlayer mPlayer; > > > @Override > > public void onCreate() { > > super.onCreate(); > > mPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); > > SurfaceHolder holder = ((SurfaceView) > > findViewById(R.id.video_surface)).getHolder(); > > player.setDisplay(holder); > > } > > } > > > Is this a correct way to set the surface holder for the video > > mediaplayer? > > > If yes, the problem is i cannot do findViewById from within the > > service class. Any idea how to solve that part? > > > I wish the mediaplayer instance to be part of the service so that any > > activity can issue play/pause commands and the service will execute > > the activities command. > > > Please help. > > > 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 > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
