Thanks I'll give this a try and read that article and see what I can do. Thanks again for your time.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:06 PM, ponkin <alexey.pon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > This is from > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/BroadcastReceiver.html > "A BroadcastReceiver object is only valid for the duration of the call > to onReceive(Context, Intent). Once your code returns from this > function, the system considers the object to be finished and no longer > active." - it means that you can not just say: "aa.notifyDataSetChanged > (); " your "onReceive(Context, Intent)" executes in different thread > than your main activity. So you should use "Handler"(http:// > developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Handler.html). > I`d probably this way: > > public MainActivity extends Activity{ > .... > final static int UPDATE_STATIONS = 1; > > final Handler mainActivityHandler = new Handler(){ > > public handleMessage(Message msg){ > switch(msg.what){ > case UPDATE_STATIONS: > String sname = msg.peekData().getString("StationName"); > String sloc = msg.peekData().getString("StationLoc"); > String ids = imsg.peekData().getString("Sid"); > String dist = imsg.peekData().getString("Distance"); > String stype = msg.peekData().getString("Types"); > Stations station = new Stations > (sname,sloc,ids,dist,stype); > stations.add(station); > aa.notifyDataSetChanged(); > break; > } > } > > > public class StationReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{ > @Override > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){ > > Message mes = Mesage.obtain(mainActivityHandler, > UPDATE_STATIONS); > Bundle data = mes.peekData(); > data.putString("StationName", intent.getExtras > ().getString("StationName")); > data.putString("StationLoc", intent.getExtras > ().getString("StationLoc")); > data.putString("Sid", intent.getExtras().getString > ("Sid")); > data.putString("Distance", intent.getExtras().getString > ("Distance")); > data.putString("Types", intent.getExtras().getString > ("Types")); > mainActivityHandler.sendMessge(mes); > mes = null; > } > } > > } > > Or to be more effective:) > > public MainActivity extends Activity{ > .... > final static int UPDATE_STATIONS = 1; > > final Handler mainActivityHandler = new Handler(){ > > public handleMessage(Message msg){ > switch(msg.what){ > case UPDATE_STATIONS: > String sname = msg.peekData().getString("StationName"); > String sloc = msg.peekData().getString("StationLoc"); > String ids = imsg.peekData().getString("Sid"); > String dist = imsg.peekData().getString("Distance"); > String stype = msg.peekData().getString("Types"); > Stations station = new Stations > (sname,sloc,ids,dist,stype); > stations.add(station); > aa.notifyDataSetChanged(); > break; > } > } > > > public class StationReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{ > Weakreference<Handler> mHandler = new WeakReference<Handler> > (MainActivity.this.mainActivityHandler); > @Override > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){ > Handler target = mHandler.get(); > if(target != null){ > Message mes = Mesage.obtain(target, UPDATE_STATIONS); > Bundle data = mes.peekData(); > data.putString("StationName", intent.getExtras > ().getString("StationName")); > data.putString("StationLoc", intent.getExtras > ().getString("StationLoc")); > data.putString("Sid", intent.getExtras().getString > ("Sid")); > data.putString("Distance", intent.getExtras().getString > ("Distance")); > data.putString("Types", intent.getExtras().getString > ("Types")); > target.sendMessge(mes); > mes = null; > } > } > } > > } > } > > > I hope this would help. > > On 12 янв, 22:17, Tommy <droi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have created an activity that calls a service. This service receive > > an XML feed and parse the info. Each time I get the info for a new > > station i want to send the details (Name,Id,Location all as string) > > back to my main activity so it can load it inside a list view. When I > > run my code inside the main activity it works. When I move it to a > > service I cant send the data back. This is what I have tried. > > > > After getting the current station info from I do this: > > submitStation(namer, loc, ids, dis, types); > > > > then: > > > > private void submitStation(String names, String loca, String idss, > > String diss, String typess){ > > > > Intent intent = new Intent(NEW_STATION_LISTING); > > intent.putExtra("StationName",names); > > intent.putExtra("Sid", loca); > > intent.putExtra("StationLoc", idss); > > intent.putExtra("Distance", diss); > > intent.putExtra("Types", typess); > > > > sendBroadcast(intent); > > > > } > > > > Now in my main activity I have this: > > > > public class StationReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{ > > @Override > > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){ > > > > String sname = > intent.getExtras().getString("StationName"); > > String sloc = intent.getExtras().getString("StationLoc"); > > String ids = intent.getExtras().getString("Sid"); > > String dist = intent.getExtras().getString("Distance"); > > String stype = intent.getExtras().getString("Types"); > > Stations station = new > Stations(sname,sloc,ids,dist,stype); > > stations.add(station); > > aa.notifyDataSetChanged(); > > } > > } > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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