There is no need to use getBaseContext(); Service is itself a Context.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Mike Collins <[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> my service uses "getBaseContext()", seems to work just fine.  Don't
> use it for
> GPS but we do use it for many other things.
>
>  mike
>
>
> On Sep 9, 6:57 am, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > It seems trivial to use GPS in a background service, but how can you
> > do the same with the accelerometer?
> >
> > Everything I've tried seems to require a context, but a background
> > service doesn't have a context?
> >
>


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