If i'm understanding you correctly, you want the service to close/stop when
you tell it to? If that is the case, try calling stopSelf() after you
release your wake lock... This should cause the service to "self terminate"
and close.
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Bret Foreman <bret.fore...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I'm using the following code inside OnStartCommand of my service:
>
> wakelock =
> myPowerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK ,
> getString(R.string.app_name) );
> try {
> wakelock.acquire();
> wakelockAcquired = true;
> } catch (Exception e) {
> android.util.Log.e( getString(R.string.app_name) , "Unable
> to
> acquire wake lock" );
> }
>
> And then when I stop the service I use the following code, which I've
> verified _is_ getting called:
>
> if( wakelockAcquired && (wakelock != null) ) {
> try {
> wakelock.release();
> wakelockAcquired = false;
> } catch (Exception e) {
> android.util.Log.e( getString(R.string.app_name) ,
> "Unable to
> release wake lock" );
> }
> }
>
> After all this, I exit my application and check the settings, both on
> a physical phone and on the emulator and the service is still in
> memory. In addition, the onDestroy method of the service is never
> getting called, despite the fact that the wakelock is released and the
> parent activity that was originally bound to it is destroyed (and the
> parent Activity called ServiceConnection.unbindService in its
> onDestroy method).
>
> What more can I do to kill off this zombie service?
>
>
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