So what is the right solution. Start service from onCreate? On Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:38:15 AM UTC+7, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > That is working as intended. onStart() is called each time someone calls > startService(); if nobody has called startService() since your last > onStart(), then onStart() will not be called again. The Service class does > not have the same lifecycle as Activity; it is unfortunate we used "start" > for the method here as well, because it is not the same as activity. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Charles Harley < > charles.har...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >> I have noticed that if my background service crashes the system will >> automatically restart the service after 5 seconds. This is great, but >> I have noticed that only the onCreate method gets called and not the >> onStart method. Does this mean the service is properly restarted or do >> I need to do something special in the onCreate method to make sure it >> is? >> >> I did have my initialisation logic in the onCreate method and my >> starting service logic in the onStart method but it looks like it will >> all have to be in the onCreate method. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Charles >> >> > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > >
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