How do I bind this service in Android?

Question

This is the code in my Activity. Initiate an Intent, then a Connection, right?

hello_service = new Intent(this         


        

Answer 1

To connect a service to an activity, all you need to write in a ServiceConnection implementation is :

@Override
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
mServiceBound = false;
}

@Override
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service) {
MyBinder myBinder = (MyBinder) service;
mBoundService = myBinder.getService();
mServiceBound = true;
}

Here mBoundService is an object of your bound service. Have a look at this Bound Service Example.