On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Lindsay Mathieson < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. The system can kill your Service instance at any time if it needs memory, which would suck quite bad if you had a global reference to it. But if you bind to it, via the provided API, it tells the system "hey, I'm using this thingy, please don't kill it from under me. k thx bye". (This is mostly a guess from my understanding how Android works. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
