Thank you very much :)
On 23 Feb., 13:52, Wouter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you create the BroadcastReceiver as an inner class, you do have
> access in the broadcastreceiver to anything in your activity.
>
> So in you activity, do something like:
>
> /**
> * Receive messages from our Service
> */
> private BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
> public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
> String data = intent.getStringExtra("testdata");
> iAmAMethodOfTheContainingActivity(data);
> }
> };
>
> protected void onResume() {
> super.onResume();
>
> // register as a BroadcastReceiver for Intent action from our
> Service
> registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter
> (MyService.SOME_ACTION));
> }
>
> public void iAmAMethodOfTheContainingActivity(String data)
> {
> System.out.println("Received: " + data);
> }
>
> And in your service, something like:
>
> Intent intent = new Intent(SOME_ACTION);
> intent.putExtra("testdata", "Some result");
> sendBroadcast(intent);
>
> Note that communication in the other direction (calling the service
> from the activity) can be done in a similar way, using startService
> from the activity, and passing the arguments through the Intent.
>
> hth,
>
> Wouter
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Marius Shekov <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hey Wouter,
>
> Thanks for your reply. However, I am not really able to understand
> what you mean with "If you then use a BroadcastReceiver IN the calling
> activities". The only thing I know is how to create (separate)
> BroadcastReceivers (they are in a separate .java file, a separate
> class, which must be this way, because in Java you can only use
> "extends" for one class, there's no multiple inheritance) and how to
> register them (using the xml file for example) and how to receive
> intents with them. However, once I have the intent in the broadcast
> receivers onReceive() method, it's just as useless as I do not know
> how to inform my activity about that. Something like
> context.startActivity(i) in onReceive() will not work, unless I set
> i.setFlags(FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK) which I do absolutely not want (I
> want to inform an already existing activity and bring its stack to the
> front).
>
> I hope that you could clarify what you meant in your email.
>
> Greetings
> NameZero912
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:48:25 -0800 (PST)
> > Von: Wouter <[email protected]>
> > An: NameZero912 <[email protected]>
> > Betreff: Re: Local service: how to tell activity when done?
>
> > In your service, you can do 'sendBroadcast(Intent)', adding the
> result-
> > data
> > as Extra in the intent.
> > If you then use a BroadcastReceiver in the calling activities
> (create,
> > override
> > onReceive, and register with 'registerReceiver'), it gets
> notified of
> > the broadcast,
> > and receives the data.
> >
> > hth,
> >
> > Wouter
> >
> > On Feb 22, 1:44 pm, NameZero912 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > starting from the example ServiceStartArguments.java of the
> "API
> > > demos", the service "ServiceStartArguments" is creating a new
> Handler
> > > object (ServiceHandler) which does all the work in a separate
> thread.
> > > Once that work is completed, how can I tell other components
> that my
> > > work is finished, and also provide data (that resulted from
> the work)
> > > to them?
> > >
> > > I tried something like startActivity
> (intent_transferred_via_msg) which
> > > does not work, I'll get an exception because I call it
> "outside of the
> > > service", which is technically true.
> > >
> > > Greetings
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