how can i stop service in activity

Question

*I am writing this code on button click .

public void onstopServiceClickHandler(View view){       
        Intent intent=new Intent(DownloadQueueActivity.this, ProductDownloadService.class);
        stopService(intent);        
        //lv_productList.setAdapter(downloadQueueAdapter);
        //startServiceButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        Toast.makeText(_instance, "click stop service",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }*

but service method onDestory is called.Service is not stop.Help me how to stop service in activity

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2176375/android-service-wont-stop — Padma Kumar, Dec 20 '11 at 12:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '14 at 11:02

when you call

 stopService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));

service will stop when he can

Once requested to stop with stopSelf() or stopService(), the system destroys the service as soon as possible. It is from http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html#Stopping

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '11 at 12:41

try this on button click ....

button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             public void onClick(View v) {
               Intent intent=new Intent(DownloadQueueActivity.this, ProductDownloadService.class);
        stopService(intent);
             }
         });

how can i stop service in activity

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