Does anyone know how to get Edittext value in service?

Question

I want to access EditText value in service but I don't no exact way of doing that. I have done this code.

Context context = getApplicationContext; 
Edittext et = (EditText)context.findViewById;

But it doesn't give me findViewById method.

Can anyone give me some hint that how can I access EditText value in service.

check my ans http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30817775/does-anyone-know-how-to-get-edittext-value-in-service/30817796#30817796 — Tufan, Jun 13 '15 at 10:49
can you explain why you need to access shared ET using services ? — N Jay, Jun 13 '15 at 10:49
Nader I am trying to achieve some new things in android. It's easy to access EditText in Activity that is in foreground but i want to check that how we can access in service. — , Jun 13 '15 at 11:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '15 at 10:59

3

Following Code may help you to get Edittext in Service

context = getApplicationContext();
Activity a=(Activity)context;
EditText editText = (EditText)a.findViewById(R.id.editText1);

answered Jun 13 '15 at 10:59

Sanjay Bhalani

329
1
18

What should I pass in the Intent in my `MainActivity`, I am getting an error > android.app.Application cannot be cast to android.app.Activity – Nikhil Wagh Nov 13 '17 at 20:19
You should pass MainActiviy.this or else this only – Sanjay Bhalani Nov 17 '17 at 04:41
I've tried `getApplicationContext` `getBaseContext` `MainActivity.this` `this`, but nothing worked. – Nikhil Wagh Nov 17 '17 at 04:47

balu b · Answer 2 · 2015-06-13T10:58:38.090

1

first u need to bind the service,

in activity,you can get the service reference in the service connection. and pass EditText reference to service. and then set the text to it(check reff of edittext is null or not).

edited Jun 13 '15 at 10:58

answered Jun 13 '15 at 10:50

balu b

282
2
7

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '15 at 10:54

findViewById() is the method of the View class and you can't call it on Context object especially on Application context. So you need to call findViewById() on the View which contains your EditText. Then to get entered value you could call getText() on your EditText and put this value as a StringExtra to your Intent if you're using IntentService for example

Does anyone know how to get Edittext value in service?

3 Answers3

Linked