Android - mount OBB in service - android

I'm writing an application which includes a service and mounts an OBB file from service.
I'm referring this documentation: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/storage/StorageManager.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/storage/OnObbStateChangeListener.html
However, onObbStateChange() callback never happens.
If I use the very same code in application's activity, it successfully mounts and I get access to the internals of the OBB file.
Below is the code snippet:
// Extend OnObbStateChangeListener class
public class MyService extends Service {
static StorageManager storageManager;
static class Observer extends OnObbStateChangeListener {
#Override
public void onObbStateChange(String path, int state) {
Log.v(TAG, path + " " + state); // 1
}
}
}
// Mount obb
public void getMountedPath() {
File file = new File("<path to obb file>");
if(!obbFile.exists())
return;
Observer observer = new Observer();
boolean state = storageManager.mountObb(obbFile.getAbsolutePath(), null, obbObserver);
Log.v(TAG, "state: " + state); // 2 It always prints TRUE
}
Any idea why it's not able to mount from my service class?
More observations:
When I execute the app for the first time, I get mount state as TRUE in the second log statement and onObbStateChange() doesn't get invoked.
However, when I run my app second time, I see the first log from onObbStateChange() and it prints state as 24 which means ERROR_ALREADY_MOUNTED.
So it seems that the obb got mounted in the first attempt, however, onObbStateChange() didn't get invoked for some reason.
Any explanations on this behavior?

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i am only able to recognize contact changed while my app runs and has an implemented ContentObserver?
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/**
* An IntentService must always have a constructor that calls the super constructor. The
* string supplied to the super constructor is used to give a name to the IntentService's
* background thread.
*/
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//...
}
}
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This is an old question, but I was able to do just this today. I hope it helps someone having the same issue.
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adb shell bmgr run
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Then after you run backupManager.requestRestore, your OnCreate, OnRestore methods will be called.
Check out the sample here, it does exactly this (when you click the Restore button):
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/development/+/0b3758ea4e53f9bfd0b112eaa4a7dd7b7f4040f5/samples/BackupRestore?autodive=0%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F
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