"You can create a Service without an Activity, that's one of the points of a Service, but you still need to be running in a process created by the activity manager (from an .apk with a manifest etc). "
How can this be done? Any guides/examples of this? On 16 Maj, 17:15, SGAdrian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have developed a testagent which is started with app_process. This > testagent can do things like inject keypresses, simulate touch events > etc. More or less like the Monkey testprogram. The difference is that > I can communicate with this program over TCP/IP and trigger > functionality from my pc. > > In this process Ineedto call Android API:s thatneedaContext > instance. So my question how can I get hold of one of these? I guess > aneedeither a Service or Activity. > > I dont want this program to be visible to the user so that leaves me > with a Service. So can I start a Service without an Activity? And will > I be able to inject keypresses between Activities if I inject from > this Service? > > I run this program as root as it is today so injecting keypresses > between Activities has never been a problem as it is today. > > I will only use this for testing purposes and it will never reach the > market place or anything. Just a internal testprogram for myself and > my product. > > BR, > Sven > > Like I said, you can't do this. The appropriate list would probably > be > android-porting; I can't move the thread for you. > > You can create a Service without an Activity, that's one of the points > of a > Service, but you stillneedto be running in a process created by the > activity manager (from an .apk with a manifest etc). > > It might help if you describe what you are actually trying to do, > whatcontextthis is coming from (you are building your own platform, > creating > something to upload to market, etc). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
