android-service

I am having a problem where my service is being killed even though I am holding a wake lock and I have called startForeground . When this occurs the tablet (ASUS Transformer TF101), stops the service without calling onDestroy . There are no other apps visible, and log cat shows nothing out of the ordinary (no 'out of memory' message etc). Immediately after being killed, the service restarts. The app I am developing is a chat client and needs a constant connection, it is also plugin based, so my app is developed as such: Client - HostService - Multiple child 'Services'. The host service is

I want to add my app to the notification bar so that it always shows, like some apps in the Google Play store. I want it to be like this screen shot: I want my notification to not be cleared, and for my app to be opened when the notification is clicked. Here's My Service Class Code: package com.demo; import java.util.Random; import android.app.Notification; import android.app.NotificationManager; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Handler; import android.os.IBinder; import android.os.Message; import android.widget

Starting Android Pie (API 28), Google isn't allowing using a single WebView instance in 2 different processes. Documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView.html#setDataDirectorySuffix(java.lang.String) As required, I called WebView.setDataDirectorySuffix("dir_name_no_separator") but unfortunately, I get an exception. I tried to call this method inside the 2nd process Service onCreate(). java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service com.myapp.service.MyService: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't set data directory suffix: WebView already initialized

I am new to Android. I am creating service for Media Player so that it can continue to play song even if i close the application. I have created activity for Media Player and it is having all the functionality like play , pause , next , previous , seekbar and also includes oncompletionlistener . All works excellent. But Now i want that all should be managed by service. I have Created MyService Class : public class MyService extends Service { public static MediaPlayer mp; @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } @Override public void

I have an IntentService which need to pass a message to an Activity . I know two ways of doing so. use sendBroadcast() at the Service side while registering a broadcastReciever at the Activity side which will receiver the message. passing a Messenger to the Service side , which will point to a Handler at the Activity side, which will be ready to receive that message from the service. Which one is good for which purpose? Or both of them do the same? If your IntentService does not know whether the activity will exist (e.g., might have been destroyed), or if there are multiple activities that