Send another Intent (different action) to the IntentService. Override the onStartCommand to catch this Intent and this could allow you to stop/interrupt the ongoing process in the IntentService's background thread.
On Thursday, August 8, 2013 2:04:33 PM UTC-4, ashish wrote: > > Hi, > > if a service starts a new thread then how i can stop the service from the > other class. > > On Thursday, August 8, 2013 3:51:19 AM UTC-8, Kristopher Micinski wrote: >> >> Usually you use a service to coordinate a thread. >> >> FYI most of the time you don't want to outright kill a thread (e.g., if >> it's about to return from a download operation), you want to periodically >> check a flag. >> >> You probably don't want to use threads in their raw fashion (from >> activities) for a few reasons, one of which being that with configuration >> changes they're trickier to get right. Instead if you need background work >> that fits the model, an AsyncTask is an appropriate design. >> >> Kris >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:40 AM, ashish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I read about services in Android very carefully, but I didn't find any >>> valid reasons to use it. E.g. >>> >>> 1. >>> >>> By default services run in the main thread, which most of the >>> applications don't want. >>> 2. >>> >>> A service can run on a seperate thread if it spawns it own thread. >>> But if a service runs on a seprate thread, then the method >>> stopService(new >>> Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyService.class)); does not stop the >>> running service. Again this is a problem. >>> >>> If we want to do some background operations, then I think threads are >>> better than services. Am I right? >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- 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.
