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 could be perhaps that you are creating a new Intent everytime you call the stop service.

stopService(new Intent(GPSLoc.this, MyService.class));

perhaps try :

Intent intnet = new Intent(GPSLoc.this, MyService.class); // create el service

startService(intenet); 
stopService(intent);