Communication between Android Services and Activities

Question

I want to develop an Android App with three activities and two services.

The first Service, named WebClientService, calls a REST API every

Answer 1

Best option ever:

Use LocalBroadcastManager. More reference here.

MyService.java:

private LocalBroadcastManager localBroadcastManager;
private final String SERVICE_RESULT = "com.service.result";
private final String SERVICE_MESSAGE = "com.service.message";

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

   // Other stuff

   localBroadcastManager = LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this);
}

Add below method in service, whenever you want to update data from service to Activity, call method by passing Arguments.

private void sendResult(String message) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(SERVICE_RESULT);
    if(message != null)
        intent.putExtra(SERVICE_MESSAGE, message);
    localBroadcastManager.sendBroadcast(intent);
}

HomeActivity.java:

private BroadcastReceiver broadcastReceiver;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    super.setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);
    broadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            String s = intent.getStringExtra(MyService.SERVICE_MESSAGE);
            // do something here.
        }
    };
}

@Override
protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).registerReceiver((broadcastReceiver), 
        new IntentFilter(MyService.SERVICE_RESULT));
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).unregisterReceiver(broadcastReceiver);
    super.onStop();
}

Hope this will help you.