How to pass a value in Services?

Question

I am making a media player ,who can run in background. i have to send a string uri in this service. but i cant send the uri value from my activity through bundle.Services cl

Answer 1

You should use IntentService http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/IntentService.html.

Implement onHandleIntent(Intent intent) which will be called each time you start service with the startService(intent). You can pass your data to service through this intent.