Implement startForeground method in Android

Question

I want to implement the startForeground() method in the Service class for prevent service self kill.

Can anybody sent me code for implement

Answer 1

This code will use the best option available for any API by adding the Android support library to your project. In Eclipse, you would right click the project, go to Android Tools, and click the "Add Support Library..." option to download and add it.

final static int myID = 1234;

//The intent to launch when the user clicks the expanded notification
Intent intent = new Intent(this, SomeActivityToLaunch.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
PendingIntent pendIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, 0);

if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) >= Build.VERSION_CODES.DONUT) {
// Build.VERSION.SDK_INT requires API 4 and would cause issues below API 4

    NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this);
    builder.setTicker("TICKER").setContentTitle("TITLE").setContentText("CONTENT")
            .setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis()).setAutoCancel(false)
            .setOngoing(true).setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_HIGH)
            .setContentIntent(pendIntent);
    Notification notification = builder.build();

} else {

    Notification notice = new Notification(R.drawable.icon_image, "Ticker text", System.currentTimeMillis());
    notice.setLatestEventInfo(this, "Title text", "Content text", pendIntent);

}
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR;
startForeground(myID, notification);

Put the code in the start method you are using for your service, then when you want the foreground process to stop, call stopForeground(true); anywhere in your service