If you just want to communicate with a service if it is already running, you can use this:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/BroadcastReceiver.html#peekService(android.content.Context, android.content.Intent) On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Shaun Shirey <[email protected]>wrote: > I would love to do that, the only problem that I'm running into is > that I can't bind to the service (via a service connection). > > The startService works fine but the bind won't work in a > broadcastreceiver object. If I can't bind to the service, I don't > believe there is a way to communicate with it? > > On Nov 10, 9:17 am, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Use Intents. Put data in the Intent's 'extras'. > > Put this Intent in the startService call. The Service's onStartCommand > will > > be called with this Intent and you can handle it there. > > > > Or you can define an AIDL that your service implements. Bind to the > service > > and communicate with the service through the methods defined in this > AIDL. > > -- > 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
