android-service

What I'm attempting to do is when receiving a c2dm message, start a service that asks for location for 'x' amount of time and then hands that location off to our server. The c2dm message starts the service correctly, and the GPS location turns on, but it never updates. It just sits there for the length of time I specify (currently 12 seconds) in the thread and does nothing. I'm using the exact same code somewhere else in my app (not as a service) and it works perfectly. What am I doing wrong? This starts the service when receiving a c2dm message. context.startService(new Intent(context,

I have this simple service that broadcasts the current location of the user. I want to use the binding mechanism just to control the service life-cycle, but the service is just not starting. What did I do wrong? public class GPSActivity extends ListActivity { ... protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); Log.i("Service", "Service bound"); Intent intent = new Intent(this, LocationService.class); bindService(intent, service_connection , Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE); } protected void onPause() { if (dataUpdateReceiver!=null) unregisterReceiver(dataUpdateReceiver); unbindService(service

I am a bit confused about how services function, notably these two things: From http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html : A service is "started" when an application component (such as an activity) starts it by calling startService(). Once started, a service can run in the background indefinitely, even if the component that started it is destroyed. and: Caution: A service runs in the main thread of its hosting process—the service does not create its own thread and does not run in a separate process (unless you specify otherwise). My questions: How is it possible for

I need to get a reference to the main Activity from a Service. This is my design: MainActivity.java public class MainActivity extends Activity{ private Intent myIntent; onCreate(){ myIntent=new Intent(MainActivity.this, MyService.class); btnStart.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){ public void onClick(View V){ startService(myIntent); }); }} MyService.java class MyService extends Service{ public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { return null; } onCreate(){ //Here I need to have a MainActivity reference //to pass it to another object } } How can I do this? [EDIT] Thanks to all for the answers

One of the new features of Android L is a battery saver that kicks in at 15%. Is there some way to detect when this is active, so my app will respond correctly? http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/07/02/android-l-project-volta-battery-life/ I would like my app to get a callback from the operating system when the this mode is active so I can stop background services. If there is no callback, I could make a background process query for the battery level, but that seems wasteful. I also do not want to hard-code a 15% level into the app, because I assume this level will be configurable. Is there a

UPDATE: Previously I couldn't find a well defined pattern as to when my foreground service was being killed. After more debugging with the devices (doesn't happen on all) on which this was happening I found. 1.) A lot of times when I open chrome to load a website the foreground service gets killed. Sometimes even when I am using whatsapp this happens. 2.) There are no exceptions and the stacktrace doesn't show anything useful. Original Question below: There are many such questions on StackOverflow but the answers so far that I have read mostly say that it is upto Android and we don't have 100%

According to the set up guide here , in a sample app, A) I created a class that extends firebase services class. B) I put these classes in the AndroidManifest.xml A) Java Class public class MyFirebaseMessagingService extends FirebaseMessagingService { @Override public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage remoteMessage) { //a) What's the life cycle of the service? How can I ensure this method is getting called? //b) If the service is killed at some point, will system restart it on receiving new messages? Log.d(TAG, "From: " + remoteMessage.getFrom()); } } B) AndroidManifest.xml <service android