How to call stopservice() method of Service class from the calling activity class

Question

I am trying to call my service class\'s stopService() method from my activity. But I dont know how to access stopservice method from my activity class. I have the below code

Answer 1

In fact to stopping the service we must use the method stopService() and you are doing in right way:

Start service:

  Intent myService = new Intent(MainActivity.this, BackgroundSoundService.class);
  startService(myService);

Stop service:

  Intent myService = new Intent(MainActivity.this, BackgroundSoundService.class);
  stopService(myService);

if you call stopService(), then the method onDestroy() in the service is called (NOT the stopService() method):

  @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
      timer.cancel();
      task.cancel();    
        Log.i(TAG, "onCreate() , service stopped...");
    }

you must implement the onDestroy() method!.

Here is a complete example including how to start/stop the service.