Hi Mark, sorry if I'm not getting this right. What's the difference between 'bindService()' and 'startService()'?
Can there be only one instance of the service? And if so, does that mean that calling bindService() will find that service if it's already up and running? On Dec 10, 11:28 am, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry to bump, but this must be possible? > > "But if the > main activity loses focus (i.e. I go to the home screen) when I return > to the activity it has no knowledge of the service anymore - even > though the service is still running. " > > What do you mean by "it has no knowledge of the service anymore"? > > "When the activity resumes, how do I find out a) if the service is > running, and if so b) re-bind to it, so that I can then stop it and > collect the data I'm after. " > > a). You don't need to. > > b). Call bindService() if you want to bind to it, to call methods on its > binder. Call stopService() if you want to stop it. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html -- 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
