Dammit, premature sending :)

e,g

public class MainService extends Service
{
        static public MainService mMainService = null;


public MainService()

{
               mMainService = this;

}

}




On 11 April 2012 17:59, Lindsay Mathieson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Been going through the Local Bound Servcie example here:
>
>
> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/bound-services.html
>
>
> And kinda wondering whats the point - "public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0)"
> is essentially being used to retrun a reference to the service class so its
> methods can be called directly by the activity. Why not just store a
> reference to the Service in a static global and have the Activity call that
> directly - it would seem much easier.
>
> e,g
>
> public class MainService extends Service
> {
>
> public MainService()
>  {
> }
> }
> --
> Lindsay
>



-- 
Lindsay

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