how to start a new intent from a service class (android)

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How to start an Activity from a Service?

apologies for my terminology in advance I am very new to android programming.

What i am trying to do:

i am trying to create an alarm clock application.

What i have so far:

so far i have a class that starts an alarm service after 5 seconds (this works fine). then when this service class starts i want it to start another class (called AlarmRinging) but this is where I come unstuck.

Any answers or avenues to check out would be greatly appreciated.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '11 at 10:57

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android.app.Service is descendant of android.app.Context so you can use startActivity directly. However since you start this outside any activity you need to set FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag on the intent.

For example:

Intent i = new Intent();
i.setClass(this, MyActivity.class);
i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(i);

where this is your service.

answered Apr 01 '11 at 10:57

Kartik Domadiya

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brilliant It works Thank you. is there anyway of sending extras from my 1st class to the service class? – Dan Williams Apr 01 '11 at 11:33
See this link http://android-coding.blogspot.com/ In service Override onStart() -- you receive the Intent as a parameter. – Kartik Domadiya Apr 01 '11 at 11:39

how to start a new intent from a service class (android)

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