I'm kind of confused with bound services. I read Can anybody explain what is difference between unbound and bound service in android this post and based on that I'm trying out a sample. I created a Service and binding it to My activity as shown below
public class MyService extends Service {
private static final String TAG = "MyService";
MyBinder mMyBinder = new MyBinder();
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
Log.d(TAG, "onStartCommand: ");
// start long running operation
return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
}
@Override
public boolean onUnbind(Intent intent) {
Log.d(TAG, "onUnbind: ");
return super.onUnbind(intent);
}
@Nullable
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
Log.d(TAG, "onBind: ");
return mMyBinder;
}
public class MyBinder extends Binder {
public MyService getService(){
return MyService.this;
}
}
}
Activity is
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private static final String TAG = "MainActivity";
MyService.MyBinder mMyBinder;
private Connect mConn;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyService.class);
mConn = new Connect();
bindService(intent, mConn, BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
}
public class Connect implements ServiceConnection {
@Override
public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service) {
Log.d(TAG, "onServiceConnected: ");
}
@Override
public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
Log.d(TAG, "onServiceDisconnected: ");
}
}
}
The service 'onStartCommand' is not called when I call bindService(intent, mConn, BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
should I call startService after binding? binding will not start the service?
If I already have a service which is started using startService and running , and I'm bindind the same service in some other activity, what happens if activity goes out of scope?
