android-service

The docs state that This is called if the service is currently running and the user has removed a task that comes from the service's application. It seems as if it is only called when the app is swiped away from the recent task list. Pressing the back button until all Activities are destroyed in the task does not cause this to be called. Are there other scenarios where this could be called? Pressing the back button until all Activities are destroyed in the task does not cause this to be called. Finishing Activities by pressing the back button doesn't mean that running services and the

I want to turn on Unknown Sources setting programmatically on non rooted device. I have checked with this code: boolean success; int result = Settings.Secure.getInt(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS, 0); if (result == 0) { success = Settings.Secure.putString(getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.INSTALL_NON_MARKET_APPS, "1"); } and with following permissions: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"/> but on executing, it says permission denied: writing to secure

I'm creating my first android app and I need to use a service. The UI will have a checkbox (CheckBoxPreference) that will be used to turn the service on/off and the service will only be accessed by my app (there's no need to share it). So far the UI for this functionality is ready and I know how to respond to the event, what I dunno is how to create a service nor how to connect to it whatsoever. The idea is that the service continues to listen for events and responding to them on the background and that the application is only to used to turn it on/off or to change some settings. I've looked

I am stuck with the problem of Activity + Service in that I have following number of Activities and Services. Activities: LoginActivity => OrderListActivity => AddOrderActivity => ConfirmOrderActivity Services: ReceivingOrderService - Receiving New Data From Server SendingOrderService - Sending new Data to Server Above both Service Calling from another Separate Service on duration of some interval . CheckAutoSyncReceivingOrder - To call ReceivingOrderService (Interval 15Mins) CheckAutoSyncSendingOrder - To call SendingOrderService (Interval 3Mins) CheckAutoSyncReceivingOrder: public class

I want to develop an Android App with three activities and two services. The first Service, named WebClientService , calls a REST API every 30 seconds, using an Handler, and has to notify the active Activity with the result. It also has to notify a second Service, named DatabaseService , in order to update a local DB. The Database Service will be called just once onCreate of the activity (in case of app crash and restart) and just once at onRestart (in this way we have data to show in case there were connectivity issues). The activities will then keep themselves updated thanks to the

I would like to write an app on Android to upload my GPS location to an external website once every ~5 minutes. This needs to have as minimal an impact on battery life as possible, but it also needs to work without any user interaction. (Background: I'm competing in an Ironman triathlon which will take me about 14 hours to complete, and want to broadcast my location in near-real-time but without having to worry about fiddling with my phone.) So my initial thought is to write a Service which uses LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates() with a minTime of 5 minutes, but will this actually wake

Status:--- I equally accept Karakuri's and Sharad Mhaske's answer , but since Sharad Mhaske answer after the start of bounty , the bounty should go to him. Part-2 made: part-2 persistent foreGround android service that starts by UI, works at sleep mode too, also starts at phone restart In stack overflow , only one answer may be accepted . I see both answers as acceptable but one has to be chosen (I chosed at random). Viewers are invited to up/down vote answers/question to appreciate the effort! . I upvoted Karakuri's answer to compensate reputation. Scenario:--- I want to make the user click a