On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Greenhand <cooperateonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I use startService(), can the Activity communicate with the Service > and vice versa?
startService() uses a variation of the command pattern: you "communicate" with the service via extras on the Intent passed to startService() as the command. The service can then use a Messenger, or broadcasts, or local broadcasts, or a PendingIntent, etc. to trigger UI updates based upon work that was completed. You are welcome to use both binding and startService(), if you wish, in which case the latter is simply to give the user more direct control over the start/stop of the service itself, with the binding for other communication. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in DC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en