How do you pass an intent from a service to a new activity launched from a main activity? There's a passextra( intent src ); but I don't think thats what I am looking for?
activity main > start service( intent wuteverserviceintent );
activity main > start activity( intent newactivityintent );
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I'm writing an application that starts with a loading activity. In the loading activity the app requests html from web and parses the html, then it sends the parsing result to the main activity. The main activity has several tabs, and contents of these tabs are based on the result of parsing.For example, the result of parsing is a list of strings ["apple", "banana", "orange"], and I need to pass this list to main activity, so that the main activity can create three tabs named after three fruits.I would like to know if there is any way to pass a list of strings among activities, BTW, is it the common way of do this?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedSo I'm getting really confused on how to do this whole thing and I was hoping someone could break it down for me a little bit.I have a service that should always be running, and at certain times it needs to alert the user that a task is to be completed(probably through a notification bar icon). When the user accepts the task, the service needs to look into the local database, construct some non primitive objects, and give them to the activity that it just started.I have looked all over and gotten very confused as to a proper approach so I have a few questions to help me wrap my head around it.If an activity creates a local SQLite database can the service and activities of that application access that same database later?Does the service and activity need to be in the same or separate packages? I would think no but for some reason I remember seeing something about this elsewhere.
How would I do the data transmission from the service to the activity? I was thinking a content provider but it seems like there should be an easier way for the service to just hand off the data. Similar to an Intent but for non primitives.
I am little confused with the use of intents used for sending data to activity from service. In my application I have to have startactivity from the service and have to pass data ,so that activity can utilize the data while launching.For this i have written the following code Intent intent = new Intent(Service.this,Activity.class); intent.putExtra("data", data); intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); context.start Activity(); I assume that the data is passed to the activity and can be parsed on the oncreate function of the activity.Now the service running in the background has to pass data to the activity continously for UI updates.For this I have written the following codeIntent intent = new Intent(Service.this, Activity.class); intent.putExtra("Data", data); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA); sendBroadcast(intent,null); (Do I need to broadcast the intent???) In activity I have done following things:- Implemented broadcast reciever:private BroadcastReceiver mBroadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { if (Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA.equals(intent.getAction())) { Bundle extra = intent.getExtras(); float Data[] = extra.getFloatArray("Data"); update(Data);
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Here is how we are trying to make the program: in activity, user sets threshold values for the X and Y axis on accelerometer. When user hits button "Start", startService is invoked and starts TiltService.
TiltService is designed to run in the background always on the phone without user interaction. TiltService constantly compares the threshold with the accelerometer values and will vibrate if they are off.
My problem is I can't seem to get the putExtra() data correctly. I have overridden the onStartCommand in my service but I get the message "unreachable code" when I save the getExtras() to a bundle.
Here is the relevant code (I can post the whole thing, just do not want to clog up page) code...
I thought I understood the basic of how Intents could pass data, but I guess I don't. Is it obvious what I am missing?
I have a service which collect data and send them to a certain URL and updating the main activity GUI, so which is better in the performance to use a long service with listeners to collect the data and threads in it to update the GUI and sends to the internet or to make another service responsible for updating the GUI and sending to the URL only while the first one just collects the data?
View 5 Replies View Relatedso the application I've written has a service (that tracks GPS data) with a single main activity that binds to it with bindService in it's onStart() method, and unbinds from the service in it's onStop() method using unbindService( ServiceConnection ). I also have an activity which is an options screen, that is launched by pressing a button on the main activity. On this options screen, I have a checkbox that says "Run in background", which, if set to true, means that when the user exits the application with eier the Home or Back buttons, the service will continue running, not turning the GPS off. I do this by calling this.startForeground onUnbind, and this.stopForeground onRebind, if the setting is set to true, and stopping and starting my location reader onUnbind and onRebind respectively if the setting is false. If the service is running in the background, it also displays a notification to ensure the user understands that the GPS is still running and draining their power. This notification is displayed and stopped by relying on the startForeground and stopForeground methods......
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a widget that is supposed to start and stop a service (start it when it's not running, stop it when it is). This is working fine, however, each time the service is started, my app's main activity is also launched, which I don't want from the app's manifest, it works as I want it to (without launching the main-activity, just the service), but then I obviously don't have a main activity anymore.This is how I start the service (I would assume this is the normal way, and I can't see any reference to what might cause the MAIN intent to fire).
View 1 Replies View RelatedI wrote an android program that: has a main activity for UI, and it starts a service. The service timely callbacks the UI activity to update views. It works fine except: if the activity is closed (with BACK) and start again, the service will also be started again (The service plays audio file, so there are two overlapped sounds). I use bindService with BIND_AUTO_CREATE flag to start and connect to service. According to the document, it should create service only if it doesn't exist, but obviously it starts another instance when opened second time. All I want is when the activity is closed, the service goes on running, and when the activity opens again, it can reconnect to the service. Is that possible? Or I just misunderstand the usage of service?
View 1 Replies View Relatedi'd like to Launch an Activity Form a Service. I know that this is not best practice for android however i am creating an application that is just a service and the first time it runs the user needs to accept some terms and conditions (this is the activity i need to launch). Can any one help me some code to do this? Is it possible?
View 13 Replies View RelatedI have searched and searched and I just can't get this code to work. I have a main.xml layout and a setting.xml. I have some values I would like the Settings.class to change in my main apps class.Three string to be exact. I have tried this simple test code in my main app class.
settings.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent(v.getContext(), Settings.class);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);}});
//Then a function
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent){
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
String value = extras.getString("myKey");
if(value!=null){
Log.d("hmmm",value);}}}
In my settings.class I have the following
returnHome.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra("myKey", "YEAH");
setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
finish();}});
Back in main app class it is not getting logged. Like I said I have three string in the main class that I want settings class to change and send back.
I've configured local service under some app i wanna know how could i invoke methods on the activity, through the service in a synchronous way for example the service invoke a method inthe activity and waiting for for result(synchronous) from it.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with an app that lets the user take a picture. I've posted it on some forums already, but nobody seems to recognize the problem. Hopefully someone here knows a solution :)
I've put the code of taking a picture in a seperate activity. Then I call the camera intent from my main activity using activityForResult. In the camera intent, I use putExtra to return the camera image (as a byte[] without doing anything to it). But when the program transitions back from the camera intent to the parent intent that called it I get a Failed Binder Transaction error in the logcat because the byte[] is too big. But I don't understand this, because the image is not even taken using the maximum resolution :S
The code of my camera intent is:
CODE:......................
I am working on a project that require porting a program from Linux to Android; I have been successful to make work the required equinox3.6(modified) on Android and to make call the osgi by the application itself, BUT through the adb shell, running a script that launches the files in the .jar. At this point I should create an activity.apk that includes everything and makes it work the same way.
More in details, until now I have uploaded some archives.jar (containing the classes.dex) in the emulator: two jars for the program itself, a jar for equinox, other jars for support.Then there is the script.sh that launches the main.class of my program passing it some parameters necessary to the program and to equinox to start; the main.class launches the equinox framework and then the program can load bundles and do its job.To make it clear here is the starting script:
#/bin/sh
/system/bin/dalvikvm -Xbootclasspath:/system/framework/core.jar -Xverify:none -Dosgi.debug=file:.options -Dosgi.framework=file: org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.0.v20100517.jar -Dosgi.install.area=file:/bundles/ -Dosgi.java.profile=file: dalvik_Core_Library-0.9.profile -Dosgi.parentClassloader=ext -Dnetserv.container.ctrlport=7001 -Dnetserv.container.serveripv4=127.0.0.1 -Djava.security.policy=all.policy -Dnetserv.security.bindableports=1024 -Dnetserv.container.user=jae -classpath org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.0.v20100517.jar:netservlaunch .jar NetServ.launch.Main -console -clean
I have been trying to create an activity that behaves similar to my script, but without any success.I added all my archives.jar to my project the way of "Add External jars" and tryed to launch the main.class as it was another activity, using Intent, and passed the parameters using putExtra(), but on the other side, in the jar of the program, I cannot retrieve and use the needed parameters, because it is not an apk..
I have an app with locally stored .jpg files. I would like to be able to send the images (1 at a time, on user interaction) to the Gallery app's activity using an explicit intent.
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View 24 Replies View RelatedI need to be able to handle/catch Intents while my Activity is closed. So I am looking at either a Service or a BroadcastReceiver. Is it possible to "receive" intents to a service itself? I tried to search, but could not find anything helpful. With a BroadcastReceiver, I am not exactly sure how that works outside of an Activity. Does it depend on the Activity being open/running? Can it run by itself?
Let's say that my Activity is killed by Android(or a task killer app), does the BroadcastReceiver still receive intents and process them? I have used a BroadcastReceiver as a widget, but I do not want to use a widget this time. My goal is to have the user open the Activity to set some options. From there, they would be able to close the Activity, but I would still be able to process Intents that were sent out by the system. I am still fairly new to Android development, so I could be so far away from where I need to be.
What is the difference between 2 ways of interaction between applications on android:
1. implementing service in app #1 and using it in app #2.
2. handling intentions and posting answer intention.
I'm writing an application that consists of a background Service and one or several Activities acting as UI towards this. There will most likely be several different UIs for this service that will installed later on, like custom widgets or UIs. The question is how to solve this in the most efficient way. Is it better to only use Intents for communication between UI and Service (sending control commands with Intents from the UI and listening for Intents from the Service for state and data updates) or should I prefer using IPC communication (AIDL -> Java Stub, binding to the service etc.)?
Since the UI might be started long after the service is started, I would either need to use sticky intents to signal current state, or have a very frequent intent sent by the service if choose to go with the Intent-based design. Which one would be the preferred way in that case? I've read that sticky intents are much more resource consuming than normal intents, but are intents more consuming than IPC directly towards the service? Also, is really an AIDL the right way to allow third-party integration? Intents sounds better, since they are also asynchronous.
I currently have a Service in Android that is a sample VOIP client so it listens out for SIP messages and if it recieves one it starts up an Activity screen with UI components. Then the following SIP messages determine what the Activity is to display on the screen.
For example if its an incoming call it will display Answer or Reject or an outgoing call it will show a dialling screen. At the minute I use Intents to let the Activity know what state it should display. An example is as follows:
Intent i = new Intent();
i.setAction(SIPEngine.SIP_TRYING_INTENT);
i.putExtra("com.net.INCOMING", true);
sendBroadcast(i);
Intent x = new Intent();
x.setAction(CallManager.SIP_INCOMING_CALL_INTENT);
sendBroadcast(x);
Log.d("INTENT SENT", "INTENT SENT INCOMING CALL AFTER PROCESSINVITE");
So the activity will have a broadcast reciever registered for these intents and will switch its state according to the last intent it received...............
I'm rather new to Android, so please bear with me. I'm developing an application running a service in the background. The service is ONLY supposed to run when requested somewhere in the UI. The service must be able to be stopped through the UI as well. At the same time, while running, the service must be able to pick up intents such as "intent.action.DATA_SMS_RECEIVED" and "intent.action.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL".
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