bindService http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/bound-services.html
2011/11/21 mgolds02 <[email protected]>: > I'm trying to write a simple service that will poll RSS data from an > RSS feed on start up. However, the RSS data isn't needed until a > specific activity in my app is started. I have the service written > and it is started via the main activity. I'm wondering how to obtain > a reference to that service. I know startService() will return a > ContextName of the service if it is already started. Can I somehow > create a service object from that? Or do I have to go through the > trouble of creating message handlers and do a request-response type of > setup between my service and activity? I also toyed with the idea of > creating a singleton object and just initializing it on start up but > I'm very much opposed to the idea of singletons in general. That > would be the lazy way out :p If I am thinking to much into it and > there is a simpler way to accomplish this please let me know. > > 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 -- 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
