Maybe this service class uses/loads other classes that fail to load. Strong candidates that may fail to load are R.xxxx classes and their members: If your JAR is generatedfrom a library project and if you distribute just the JAR file, you may not distribute any R.xxxx classes along with it, since these are not included in the JAR generation of a library project.
On Monday, February 11, 2013 2:57:54 PM UTC-5, RKSHR wrote: > > I have an external jar file that we have been using to import into an > application apk. Recently I added a Android service class into the jar > file, now when I import the file into an apk, I can instantiate all classes > except the service. I have declared the service in the applications > manifest file (with fully qualified class path), but when I try to bind to > the service using context.bindService(intent, connection, > BIND_AUTO_CREATE), nothing happens. I dont get any exception, nor an error > message, but service is not instantiated, as the return value for > bindService is false. > > I examined the contents of jar file to make sure that the service class is > actually included. I also further dedexd the application dex file and even > there the library service class was present. Any ideas what could be the > problem? I have read several posts on this, but still unable to figure out > the problem. What I really want to achieve is provide a Android service > class in a library (jar file), so application developers can simply bind to > the service and it starts the run within the context of the application. I > don't want the service to be remote, hence not using AIDL. Also the jar is > built using ant build.xml, its not marked as a library project, but just as > a regular jar file that can be imported into any application. The goal is > to distribute the jar file without the source code, hence not marking it as > library. > > RK. > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
