Thanks for replaying i saw this link before i asked but no result ,i start
service via intent here is the code :
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.prefs:
startActivity(new Intent(MarkanaActivity.this, Prefs.class));
break;
case R.id.startservices:
startService(new Intent(MarkanaActivity.this, UpdaterServices.class));
break;
case R.id.stopservices:
startService(new Intent(MarkanaActivity.this, UpdaterServices.class));
break;
}
return true;
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Chris Mawata <chris.maw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Take a look at
> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html
> It depends on how you are starting the service.
>
> On Feb 9, 5:25 am, AndroidGirl8 <walaamahmou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > i'm trying to make service getting twitter update by a thread every
> > 5secs
> > start service just fine and getting new twittes and inserting to
> > database but i cant close service and it continue working untill force
> > close
> >
> > here is my code :
> >
> > public class UpdaterServices extends Service {
> >
> > private static final String TAG =
> > UpdaterServices.class.getSimpleName();
> > updater up;
> >
> > @Override
> > public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
> > // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> > return null;
> > }
> >
> > @Override
> > public void onCreate() {
> > super.onCreate();
> > up = new updater();
> > Log.d(TAG, "check on create");
> > }
> >
> > @Override
> > public synchronized void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
> > super.onStart(intent, startId);
> >
> > if (up.isRunning() == false) {
> > up.start();
> > Log.d(TAG, "check onstart");
> > }
> > }
> >
> > @Override
> > public synchronized void onDestroy() {
> >
> > super.onDestroy();
> >
> > if (up.isRunning() == true) {
> >
> > up.interrupt();
> > }
> > up = null;
> > Log.d(TAG, "check ondestroy");
> >
> > }
> >
> > class updater extends Thread {
> >
> > final static int Delay = 5000;
> > private boolean running = false;
> >
> > public void run() {
> >
> > running = true;
> > while (running) {
> > try {
> >
> > // ///open database and
> inserting what we get from twitter
> > // into our sqlite new schema
> > DBHelper dhhelper = new
> DBHelper(UpdaterServices.this);
> > SQLiteDatabase db =
> dhhelper.getWritableDatabase();
> >
> > Twitter twitter =
> ((MarkanaApplication) getApplication())
> > .gettwitter();
> > List<Status> s =
> twitter.getFriendsTimeline();
> > ContentValues value = new
> ContentValues();
> > for (Status w : s) {
> > value.put(DBHelper.C_ID,
> w.id);
> >
> value.put(DBHelper.C_CreatedAt, w.createdAt.getTime());
> >
> value.put(DBHelper.C_User, w.user.name);
> >
> value.put(DBHelper.C_Text, w.text);
> >
> > try {
> >
> db.insertWithOnConflict(DBHelper.Table, null,
> >
> value, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_REPLACE);
> > } catch (Exception e) {
> >
> > }
> >
> > Log.d(TAG,
> String.format("%s %s", w.user.name, w.text));
> >
> > }
> >
> > // ///close databases which we
> opened
> >
> > db.close();
> > dhhelper.close();
> >
> > Log.d(TAG, "running thread");
> > Thread.sleep(Delay);
> >
> > } catch (InterruptedException e) {
> > running = false;
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > public boolean isRunning() {
> >
> > return running;
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > what is wrong in my code or how can stop service when user click on
> > stop ??
> > another question what better using Asynctask instead of service
> > cause i can control in it better than service or service just fine ??
>
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