how to stop an android START.STICKY service after application has been killed and started again

Asked Oct 14 '15 at 11:48

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I have a background service for listening location update using FusedAPI.

public class ListenLocation extends Service
    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
            return Service.START_STICKY;
    } ... //code continues for location listener

I am starting this service from inside a fragment using

getActivity().startService(new Intent(getActivity(),ListenLocation.class));

All this is working fine and i am getting the location updates in background.

But how to stop this service once the application has been closed by the user ?

i tried the following but it's not stopping the service

getActivity().stopService(new Intent(getActivity(),ListenLocation.class));

What is the method to stop such service ?

asked Oct 14 '15 at 11:48

Abhigyan

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Save the intent somewhere and retrieve and use that same intent to stop it when you restart app – Tim Oct 14 '15 at 11:51
how to save the intent? – Abhigyan Oct 14 '15 at 12:06
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2812650/any-workaround-to-save-an-intent-in-settings – Tim Oct 14 '15 at 12:09
i need it to start sticky so i can get location details even app has been killed – Abhigyan Oct 15 '15 at 04:50
@TimCastelijns what is wrong with my current approach ? – Abhigyan Oct 15 '15 at 04:52
I tried to save the intent and then calling the stop service, But it's still not stopping the service.. – Abhigyan Oct 16 '15 at 11:43

how to stop an android START.STICKY service after application has been killed and started again

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