how to pass value from activity to service?

Question

I have written service as library project and connected that service to another application.now i want to pass some input values to service.how can I pass?

Pass values like this:

Intent intent = new Intent(SelfMonitor.this, SchedulerService.class);
intent.putExtra("initialDelay", initialDelay);
intent.putExtra("endTime", endTime);
startService(intent);

Get value like this in service:

initialDelay = Integer.parseInt(intent.getStringExtra("initialDelay"));
endTime = intent.getStringExtra("endTime");

but i am getting null pointer exception?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Like you do in your activites,

 Intent intent =  new Intent(Activity.this, YourService.class);
    intent.putExtra("key", value);
    startService(intent);

and in your service

Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
if (extras != null)
{
value = extras.getString("key", "somestring");
}

For further details,please see this

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Nov 17 '14 at 11:41

nobalG

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i cant able to use getIntent().getExtras(); in my service class oncreate method. – subash Nov 17 '14 at 12:00
[see this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11949248/calling-getintent-method-in-service) – nobalG Nov 17 '14 at 12:02
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Pleasure was all mine – nobalG Nov 17 '14 at 12:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '14 at 11:45

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You need serviceIntent for this purpose.

Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(Activity.this, CheckAPI.class);
serviceIntent.putExtra("number", "96999");
serviceIntent.putExtra("message", "hello world");         
startService(serviceIntent);

answered Nov 17 '14 at 11:45

Nitesh

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how can fetch this two parameters in service class – subash Nov 17 '14 at 12:02

how to pass value from activity to service?

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