On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:26 AM, t4ure4n <[email protected]> wrote: > I am working on a program which consists of two parts > > Service component will read various system features (CPU usage, RAM > usage, Number of Running Tasks, Messages Sent, Calls Made etc) every > pre determined time interval lets say 15 minutes. And save these > readings/data in a database. > > Activity component will read the data from SQL database file and > process the information. > > My Questions are > > 1. What kind of service do I have to create that will stay alive > forever until stopped by the activity it should also automatically > restart after system reboot?
You don't. For work every 15 minutes, you use AlarmManager and an IntentService. > 2. Has anyone got an example of service writing data to database? That would be no different than writing data to a database from anywhere else in an Android app. > 3. Can I invoke the parent activity from the service? Services do not have a parent activity. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- 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
