Here is one possibility: use ordered BroadcastReceivers with android:priority attributes to determine which service is newest.
Each APK has its copy of the Service and a BroadcastReceiver. The intent-filter for the BroadcastReceiver has the android:priority attribute. Upon each release across all of these apps, you increment the priority so that the newer the APK (and thus the service) the higher the priority. When you want to invoke a service, first use Context.sendOrderedBroadcast to send an intent to the BroadcastReceivers in the apps. The one with the highest priority will be called first. You can then return to the caller an Intent to be used to start the service in that APK. Returning the Intent can be handled in one of two ways: * Use BroadcastReceiver.setResultExtras() to store the Intent and BroadcastReceiver.setResultCode to indicate that this has been handled. All the other BRs along the way should check the ResultCode to see if it has been set before responding themselves. The last BR in the chain would be the one supplied to the sendOrderedBroadcast() function. * Instead, you can pass a PendingIntent (such as from Activity.createPendingResult()) in an Extra in the initial broadcast intent. Then the first BR to receive the intent calls BroadcastReceiver.abortBroadcast() to prevent the intent from going to any of the older versions. The BR returns the service intent via the PendingIntent. -- 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
