so is there a way in the outer class to get access to that Service
object?

        context.startService( new Intent(context, UpdateService.class) );

to start the service, but then how do i get a reference to the
UpdateService object that it indirectly creates?

On Oct 2, 1:17 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is true, because the system will launch the service as needed, outside
> of the environment of whatever the container class is.  All of the items in
> the manifest are top-level components, owned by the application itself, not
> some other class in it.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:10 PM, sdphil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > looking at this example --
>
> >http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/introducing-home-scree...
>
> > if the inner UpdateService class is not static, it cannot start the
> > service.  The ActivityManager complains "Unable to start service
> > Intent"...
>
> > any ideas why?
>
> > tia.
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> [email protected]
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails.  All such
> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> answer them.
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