Android- create a service flag

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How would I go about creating a flag so that if a service is running, and the user clicks on another listview item that it will check to see if a service is running, and thus stop it? Thanks

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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You could use something like -

private boolean isMyServiceRunning() {
ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
    if ("com.example.MyService".equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
        return true;
    }
}
return false;
}

Ref - How to check if a service is running on Android?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Jul 18 '11 at 15:16

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Thanks Suchi. I will try this out right now and let you know my results. Thanks for your help – Splitusa Jul 18 '11 at 15:39
So in the "com.example.MyService" I put in my package name with the name of the service at the end right? – Splitusa Jul 18 '11 at 17:06

Android- create a service flag

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