Thanks everyone for the help, I managed to implement a communication to the service using the intent. What I missed was having the intent- filter android:exported=true option set in the manifest.
Now I can communicate and pass data to the service using the startService(..) method that streets of boston pointed out. Ideally, I would still prefer a way to "bind" to the remote service and use aidl (as this would minimize the intent filter handling I have to do within the service), but it seems as though it cannot be done due to the life cycle of the BroadcastReceiver. On Nov 10, 7:50 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/BroadcastRecei..., > 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
