Android :: Using Socket In Service Communicating With More Activities
Aug 29, 2010
I want to create an application to remote control my PC.
For example: Volume (get actual volume level, increase/decrease/mute volume), TVtime (start/quit tvtime, get actual channel, toggle fulscreen, channel up/down, toggle input source, toggle aspect ratio), Amarok (start/quit amarok, get current song, prev/next song, play/stop/ pause), etc.
The application for the PC is done (in python). The communication protocol used is very simple.
For example: "volume:get_level", "volume:up", "volume:mute", etc. Now I'm working on the android application.
What I have implemented till now is to create an activity, with: - an edittext to enter host:port - a button to connect/disconnect to/from server - the onCreate method creates a new thread for socket communication to send/receive messages to/from PC. - a textview to display information received from PC (eg. volume level) - a button to send command to PC I'm using handler to communicate between the tcpclient thread and the main activity.
It is working... But I want to use more than 1 activity. I want to use different activity for every program controlled. Searching for a solution to transfer the thread's handler to a new activity I have found that it is not possible, and I have to use a service.
So, my question is: how to send message from different activities to the same service, how to send message from service to the actual activity and how can I check in the service which is the actual activity? Because the service is running in the same thread as the activities I suppose that I still have to create a new thread for socket communication. How can I send the data received by the socket to the service?
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Broadcast intent
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My Code is as below:
CODE:................
If I invoke startService(intent). it creates a new service and runs in parallel to the other service.
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Can I call an activity function like the following in the stub handler for the callback in my class S -
CODE:................
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I am writing an Android app that should exchange data to a server over Bluetooth, with the server side on a PC running Ubuntu, using the bluez library, in C (or C++).
My Android app fails (IOException) when I try to connect to my server socket on the PC.
Here is essentially what I in the java code (in Android, full eclipse project here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2968234/ThinBTClient.zip)
CODE:...........
This throws IOException after a timeout of 10seconds or so.
On the server side (in Ubuntu 8.10), I basically set up a Bluetooth server socket, along the lines described in the example bluez/sdp-register.c
Down below is my C++ program. To compile it do
g++ -I/usr/include/glib-2.0/ -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -o bt_server bt_server.cpp -lbluetooth
I can do the reverse succesfully, i.e. create a server socket in Android and connect from Linux, however this is not what I want to do!
I think either the problem has to do with my config of Ubuntu.
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In my android application i am trying to run a application using GPRS connection and not WIFI.When tried to run in wifi the app runs fine.The browser works fine with the APN settings set but when trying to connect to server using my application it gives me socket exception.I am using the below permissions in manifest file.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"></uses- permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name= "android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name= "android.permission.WRITE_APN_SETTINGS" ></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" ></uses-permission>
I am receiving Socket not connected exception.Is there any other permission which i need to add for using GPRS connection other than WIFI.
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ASException: Problem executing HTTP POST
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ActiveSyncMgr.sendRequest(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ActiveSyncMgr.sendXMLCommandNoProvisoning(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ActiveSyncMgr.sendXMLCommand0(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ActiveSyncMgr.sendXMLCommand(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ActiveSyncMgr.sendFolderSyncCommand(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ProviderAPI.sendFolderSync(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ProviderAPI.updateMapFromFolderSync(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.service.email.protocol.activesync.ProviderAPI.updateFromFolderSync(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.calendar.sync.activesync.SyncService.syncAccount(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.calendar.sync.activesync.SyncService$QueueEntry.run(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:416)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:256)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:122)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:648)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:673)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1058)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at com.motorola.blur.util.concurrent.BlurThreadFactory$BlurPooledThread.run(Unknown Source)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Socket is not connected
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.OSNetworkSystem.connectStreamWithTimeoutSocketImpl(Native Method)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.OSNetworkSystem.connectStreamWithTimeoutSocket(OSNetworkSystem.java:140)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.harmony.luni.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:229)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.harmony.luni.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:521)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:1019)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:317)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:129)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:164)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:119)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:348)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465)
10-27 18:26:19.689: WARN/CalSyncSvc(166): ... 17 more
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