stopService doesn't stop's my service… why?

Question

i have a background service on my android APP that is getting my GPS position and sending it to a remote db. It work\'s fine.

The problem is when i want to stop the

Answer 1

It's very common this situation where I need to stop my service before to finish the process. In some case is not enough with stopService(intent). You should have in mind the onDestroy() implement in my service. Example:

public class MyIntentService extends IntentService {

    // Defines and instantiates an object for handling status updates.
    private BroadcastNotifier mBroadcaster = null;
    private int progress = 0; //THIS IS MY COUNTER FOR EXAMPLE!!!

    public MyIntentService() {
        super("MyIntentService");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {

        progress = 0;
        int tiempo_disponible = intent.getIntExtra("minutos_disponible", 0);

        if (mBroadcaster == null){

            mBroadcaster = new BroadcastNotifier(this);
        }
        // Broadcasts an Intent indicating that processing has started.
        mBroadcaster.broadcastIntentWithState(Constants.STATE_ACTION_STARTED);

        mBroadcaster.broadcastIntentWithState(Constants.STATE_ACTION_RUNNING);

        while (progress < tiempo_disponible) {

            progress++;
            try {
                Log.i(Constants.TAG, "Procesing " + progress);
                mBroadcaster.notifyProgress(progress);
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        // Reports that the feed retrieval is complete.
        mBroadcaster.broadcastIntentWithState(Constants.STATE_ACTION_COMPLETE);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        progress = 1000000; // WHITH THAT YOU FINISH THE CICLE IF tiempo_disponible NEVER IS MAYOR THAT 1000000, YOU CAN USE OTHER CONDITIONAL!!!!!!
        super.onDestroy();
    }
} 

In this way, when you have stopped the service using stopService method also you will have stopped the process o counter.

public void stopService(){
        context.stopService(intent);
        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(context).unregisterReceiver(responseReceiver);
        responseReceiver = null;
        intent = null;
}

Take care! @yaircarreno