I created a new thread and tried starting the service from there, but
the service is not being started from the new thread. When I set a
break point in the new thread, it does not hit and there is nothing
updated on logcat. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
>From my main class, I am creating a new thread and starting it:
Thread th = new Thread(new ServiceStarter());
th.start();
In the ServiceStarter, class I am creating the service and starting
it:
class ServiceStarter extends Activity implements Runnable
{
@Override
public void run()
{
try
{
Intent service = new Intent
(ServiceStarter.this,Alarm.class);
startService(service);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
My service looks like this:
public class MyService extends Service
{
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent)
{
return null;
}
@Override
public void onCreate()
{
super.onCreate();
}
@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId)
{
boolean loopVar = true;
while(loopVar == true)
{
//Do stuff
if(condition)
{
//Exit the loop
loopVar = false;
}
}
}
}
On Oct 11, 12:54 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> Services don't take focus input focus -- a service doesn't cause the current
> window to lose input focus, nor the foreground activity to be paused.
> If you mean the thread of your activity isn't running, then you may just be
> doing all your work in the service on the main thread. Please note that a
> service's callbacks (but not necessarily calls through any IBinder interface
> it publishes) happen on the main thread. If you want to run on another
> thread, you'll need to make it yourself.
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:21 AM, abhi <rkabhi1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I am starting a service from an activity. Once the services starts,
> > the calling activity loses focus and blocks till the service is
> > completed. Why is this and is there a way around it to return the
> > control to the calling activity while the service runs in the
> > background?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> hack...@android.com
>
> 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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