I have a service app with no activity. I want to connect it with my main app, because I will send data from main app to service, then get response from it. Service should be launched programmatically.
If they was in same project, i could tag it in manifest like <service android:name.../> . I tried to intent but packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage also didn't work. Other apps with activity works with this way but service app is different.
Main App - Try to intent
val i = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.myexample.serviceapp")
if (i!=null) {
Log.d("MyService","Success")
startService(i)
} else {
Toast.makeText(this,"Fail",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
Main App - Manifest
<queries>
<package android:name="com.myexample.serviceapp"/>
</queries>
Service App
class RegistryService : Service() {
override fun onBind(p0: Intent?): IBinder? = null
override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
Log.d("MyService","working")
Thread {
while (true) {
Log.d("MyService","working 2")
}
}.start()
return START_STICKY
}
}
Service Manifest
<service android:name=".RegistryService" />
It solve the problem.
val i = Intent().apply {
this.setClassName("com.myexample.serviceapp", "com.myexample.serviceapp.RegistryService")
}
startForegroundService(i)
Related
I want to receive an Android Shutdown Event in my app to revert a config change when I start the app. For that, I have register a context registered receiver in my main Activity onCreate as shown below
override fun onCreate(..)
{
...
val bootIntentFilter = IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SHUTDOWN);
registerReceiver(shutDownReceiver, bootIntentFilter)
}
private val shutDownReceiver = object : BroadcastReceiver()
{
override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent?) {
if(Intent.ACTION_SHUTDOWN == intent?.action)
{
Log.e(TAG, "Shutdown Called")
//Run your logic
}
}
}
and I also added the following permission in manifest.xml
I still don't receive the broadcast is there anything I am missing? target API is 29
Any information to help is really appreciated.
Thanks,
Asma
I have a started service app. It intent to activity from another app, but still running in foreground. After a button click in that activity, I want to send data (for example a string "potato") to service without startService() in order to continue, not restart. That's how service keeps running till get the data, while(requiredData != "potato"){}.start. How can I send it, or return response ? I think to use Messenger or Broadcast, but I'm not sure it fits well and how to do.
Note: Service App connected to an activity from another app.
Service App
class RegistryService : Service() {
override fun onBind(p0: Intent?): IBinder? = null
override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
val i = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.myexample.potatoactivity")
if (i!=null) {
i.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
startActivity(i)
} else {
Toast.makeText(this,"Fail",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
while (true) { // requiredData != "potato"
//Log.d("MyService", "Wait for potato")
}
return START_STICKY
}
}
Potato Activity
class PotatoActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
private lateinit var binding: ActivityPotatoBinding
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
binding = ActivityPotatoBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
val view = binding.root
setContentView(view)
binding.buttonSendData.setOnClickListener {
//it.putExtra("REQUIRED_DATA", "potato")
}
}
}
I am working on scheduling app in which i have to run the app until it completes it process
but the problem is , Process is getting killed after few minute even it is running on foreground service ...
class MyService : Service(){
#RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
showNotification()
println("intent ${startId}")
isServiceStarted =true
val action = intent?.action
when(action){
ADD_SERVICE ->{
val sms = intent.getParcelableExtra<Sms>(Add_kEY)
if(sms!=null) {
schedule(sms) } }
DELETE_SERVICE ->{ }
}
return START_REDELIVER_INTENT
}
}
// Manifest file
<service android:name=".service.MyService "
android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync"
/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE"/>
you should call startForeground() in your service to attach your service to your application lifecycle to prevent OS from killing your service.
foreground-services
I have an Intent service & a BroadcastReceiver.
As per background limitation on Android Oreo & above, the background applications(when an application is not foreground ) cannot use the started service. When you call startService() method from the background applications simply through the IllegalStateException.
But In my case, My intent service is running properly even when the app is in the background.
I am using ADB cmd to trigger broadcast.
Please correct where I am missing.
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.TEST --es maxCountValue 10 -n com.example.servicedemo/.MyReceiver
enter code here
BroadcastReceiver class
class MyReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {
override fun onReceive(context: Context?, intent: Intent?) {
Toast.makeText(context, "CompleteReceiver", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
if (intent!!.action.equals("android.intent.action.TEST")) {
val mIntent = Intent(context, MyIntentService::class.java).apply {
Log.v("MyIntentService", intent.data.toString())
this.putExtra("maxCountValue", 100)
}
context?.startService(mIntent)
}
}
}
Intent Service
private const val SERVICE_NAME = "MyIntentService"
class MyIntentService : IntentService(SERVICE_NAME) {
private val handler = Handler()
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
showToast("Job Execution Started")
}
override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
showToast("Job Execution onStartCommand")
return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
showToast("Job Execution onDestroy")
}
override fun onHandleIntent(intent: Intent?) {
val maxCount = intent!!.getIntExtra("maxCountValue", -1)
for (i in 0 until maxCount) {
Log.d(SERVICE_NAME, "onHandleWork: The number is: $i")
try {
Thread.sleep(100)
} catch (e: InterruptedException) {
Log.d(SERVICE_NAME, "Exception: ")
e.printStackTrace()
}
}
}
private fun showToast(msg: String) {
handler.post {
Toast.makeText(this#MyIntentService, msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
}
}
}
Manifest :
<service android:name=".MyIntentService"/>
<receiver android:name=".MyReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.TEST" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
"The definition of background for purposes of service limitations is distinct from the definition used by memory management; an app might be in the background as pertains to memory management, but in the foreground as pertains to its ability to launch services."
-
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/background
PS that's the whole purpose of services
I am building an app using the NotificationListenerService. But always when I run the app in debug mode the Service is not started. I reduced my code to the following:
My Acticity:
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
val intent = Intent("android.settings.ACTION_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SETTINGS")
startActivity(intent)
}
override fun onResume() {
super.onResume()
val isServiceRunning = isMyServiceRunning(NLService::class.java)
Log.i("MainActivity", "service running: " + isServiceRunning)
}
private fun isMyServiceRunning(serviceClass: Class<*>): Boolean {
val manager = getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE) as ActivityManager
for (service in manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
if (serviceClass.name == service.service.className) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
}
The Service:
class NLService : NotificationListenerService() {
private val TAG: String? = "NLService"
override fun onBind(intent: Intent): IBinder? {
Log.i(TAG, "onBind()")
return super.onBind(intent)
}
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
Log.i(TAG, "onCreate()")
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
}
override fun onNotificationPosted(sbn: StatusBarNotification?) {
Log.i(TAG, "onNotificationPosted() sbn: $sbn")
super.onNotificationPosted(sbn)
}
}
Of course I added this in manifest:
<service
android:name=".NLService"
android:label="MyNLService"
android:permission="android.permission.BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.service.notification.NotificationListenerService" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
When starting the app in debug mode then I always get the log output service running: false in onResume. The value is true when starting normally, without debug. What is going wrong and how to fix that?
Okay, finally I don't have a complete solution but a kind of improvement which is close to a working solution.
So what are actually the technical problems in my original app code? And how did I solve them?
I made some initialization in NLService class' onConnect() method. I moved all this initialization to onListenerConnected(), adding a handler.postDelayed(runnable, 500);.
I created an object of a class (Let's call it MyHandlerClass) within the NLService class and passed a reference to the Service into it. This is not a good solution because Android documentation says something about many methods within the NotificationListenerService:
The service should wait for the onListenerConnected() event before performing this operation.
So in MyHandlerClass I called a nlService.getActiveNotifications(). This call was made maybe before Android called NLServices' onListenerConnected. So I made wrappers for methods inside NLService, like e.g.:
fun getActiveNotifications(): Array<StatusBarNotification>?
{
return if (isConnected)
{
super.getActiveNotifications()
}
else
{
null
}
}
And I toggled my boolean variable isConnected within onListenerConnected()and onListenerDisconnected()
Now the service still crashes when running app in debug mode. But running in normal mode the amount of crashes could be reduced by the described improvements.