I have created a service for TweetCollectorService. I want to call a method of another class in my service.can I do this Plz Help me.
Thankyou
Yes you can.. Only difference here is the method execution also occurs in background process.. No other difference..
Its not best practice to have other utility functions/methods in Activity, which mainly is to handle user interaction. so Strictly follow java convention and create different class which has all these methods, so it achieves cohesion.
You can dosomething like below..
Class YourActivity extends Activity{
public void do(){
// do your task
}
and in service just say new YourActivity().do()
}
Yes you can able to call the other class method. If you using your custom class then create the method as static so no need to create object of that class
suppose your custom class which extend Activity or not then also you can do like this way.
class CustomClass extends Activity{
public static void mymethod(){
// call me
}
}
now you can call into the service like this way without creating any object as explicitly
class MyService extends Service{
onCreate(){
CustomClass.mymethod();
}
}
Related
Hi I am kind of new to android, still learning. And my problem is that, for example I have a method which was created in the MainActivity and I need to call it from another class.
Is it a good practice to get the instance of the MainActivity so that I may be able to call the method in the MainActivity from another class?
This is an example:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private static MainActivity inst;
public static MainActivity instances()
{
return inst;
}
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
inst = this;
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
public void showToast (String text){
Toast.makeText(inst, text, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
Then this is the other class:
public class broadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
MainActivity instance = new MainActivity();
instance.showToast(AnyText);
}
}
I saw this type of coding while looking at tutorials and wondered if it's a good practice or maybe there might be a better way? Since I get the warning of Do not place Android Context Classes in static classes
Thanks in advance for any insight or help! :D
I guess You want to make A singleton of Activity Class
but as Mention in All Pattern Design
using Singleton
If and Only If its only way to Make A Global Variable
Singleton is based on Lazing Initialing and Load On Memory
so I guess If you cant to Interact With Activiy You can Use
BroadCast Or Intents
You can call method from another class like this:
MainActivity instance = new MainActivity();
String data = instance.data();
and create data method in that class:
public String data() {
return mangaId;
}
Is it a good practice to get the instance of the MainActivity so that
I may be able to call the method in the MainActivity from another
class?
You totally can do this but you don't need to make it static and use a constructor. Just create a new instance like follows and you'll access the public methods
MainActivity mainActivity = new MainActivity();
mainActivity.showToast(text);
About the warning
It suggests avoiding having context fields defined as static. The warning itself explains why: It's a memory leak. If you make it static it will be accessible anywhere in your app and some methods can hold the reference to this context for a really long time and it won't be garbage collected. It will lead to a outofmemory exception and the app could crash. But here you're trying to invoke showToast() from broadcastreceiver so you can just get rid of static references. And it you need them in the future you safe ways to inject context
You cannot create instances of an Activity using the new operator.
You have to use an Intent to let an Activity to be created.
So you cannot get a reference to an instance of your activity.
The only methods you can use of your activity class are static ones.
There is an asynckTask and 2 methods,which are being called by 2 activities.
i Want to keep the AsyncTask class and the methods inside myApplication class
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Application.html
( which was needed anyway,had some states of app to be maintained).
One other way is to have those methods in each activity and the asyncTask as independent class.
what is the best way?
How about having a base activity class for that?
Something like:
public class BaseActivity extends Activity {
protected void myMethod() {
// do what ever
}
}
Then just extend this BaseActivity to have that method in your activities.
Learning to use the BroadcastReceiver class in Android, I have written a small program to receive the battery charge state and write it to three TextView fields in an activity.
However, I have made the BroadcastReceiver as a separate class to make it more simple and separate from the activity. Therefore I have to find a method to tell my Activity class that the battery data has been updated, or, which is my solution, to pass in references to the TextView fields from the Activity to the BroadcastReceiver class.
Does anyone know whether it is possible to make a callback method from the BroadcastReceiver to start a function, f.ex. updateTextViews(); in the Activity?
Here is the source code - note there are two java files:
http://pastebin.com/qjCTsSuH
Regards, Niels.
What worked a charm for me is simply declaring the interface objects as static. Bear in mind though that statics can cause as many problems as they solve as statics persist therir values accross instances.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements SocketMessageReceiver.ISocketMessageReceiver {
//Declare the cb interface static in your activity
private static SocketMessageReceiver.ISocketMessageReceiver iSocketMessageReceiver;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
//Assign this
iSocketMessageReceiver = this;
socketMessageReceiver.registerCallback(iSocketMessageReceiver);
}
#Override
public void sendSocketMessage(String socketMessage) {
lblEchoMessage.setText(socketMessage);
}
}
And in your Receiver ....
public class SocketMessageReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
interface ISocketMessageReceiver {
void sendSocketMessage(String socketMessage);
}
//Also declare the interface in your BroadcastReceiver as static
private static ISocketMessageReceiver iSocketMessageReceiver;
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if(intent.getAction().equals("com.WarwickWestonWright.SocketExample.RECEIVE")) {
iSocketMessageReceiver.sendSocketMessage(intent.getBundleExtra("DATA").getString("DATA"));
}
}
public void registerCallback(ISocketMessageReceiver iSocketMessageReceiver) {
this.iSocketMessageReceiver = iSocketMessageReceiver;
}
}
I have made the BroadcastReceiver as a separate class to make it more simple
IMHO, you made it more complex.
Therefore I have to find a method to tell my Activity class that the battery data has been updated, or, which is my solution, to pass in references to the TextView fields from the Activity to the BroadcastReceiver class.
Option #1: Just go back to using an inner class for the BroadcastReceiver. ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED can only be used via registerReceiver() anyway. Just have onReceive() call some method on the activity to do the work of updating the UI.
Option #2: Pass your activity into the constructor of the BroadcastReceiver, and call the method as in option #1.
Option #3: Use an event bus, like Square's Otto or greenrobot's EventBus.
Well, I'm at a dilemma here. I made my own class that uses the Bluetooth class from android but I'm not sure where to put it. Extending the android Bluetooth class seems like a good idea but I need to override the onActivityResult() which is only available to an activity class. So, where would I put my class so that I have access to onActivityResult() (keeping in mind the idea here is to use as few dependencies as possible)?
In other words, I want to move the Bluetooth code from the main activity to a separate class.
You should to use separate file for each class. You can create a folder "engine". For example: com.mycorp.myapp.engine. You can get access to onActivityResult() very simple. For example: MainActivity.onActivityResult(). Note: function should be public.
Or you can pass your activity to your CustomBluetooth's constructor.
public class CustomBluetooth {
private Activity mActivity;
/* Constructor */
public CustomBluetooth (Activity pActivity ) {
super();
this.mActivity = pActivity;
}
/* Your functions */
public int getResult() {
return this.mActivity.onActivityResult();
}
}
Alex. P.S. Sorry for my English:)
Add an interface to your Bluetooth class and implement the interface in your activity.
Does it make sense to create an object of a class which extends Service?
I mean the following:
MainActivity.java:
public class MainActivity extends Activity{
#Override
public void onCreate(...){
MyService service = new MyService(...);
...
}
...
}
Service.java:
public class MyService extends Service{
public MyService(...){
...
}
...
}
I think it does not make sense, because e.g. in my opinion it is not possible to unregister the service. The reason: the service is never started by startService(...).
Does anyone has some hints for me? Thank you!
Although you can create an object of a class that extends Service but it doesn't make any programmatic sense. The fundamental reason to create an object is to use functionalities that class offer. In android paradigm, you would rather bind to a service to use its functionalities.