Thanks for the reply again. It was quite helpful. I am actually downloading small audio files for an answering machine app. If the activity that launched the service is still running, I would like it to update to include the newly downloaded files in the UI for the user to listen to. If the user has moved to a different activity, I just want the service to save the file to persistent storage. (It will store to persistent storage either way, but if the activity is running the UI should update) A service seems appropriate here although I am certainly open to other options?
I understand that I can get a reference to the service from the activity, and how I could pass information with it. The issue I am having specifically is notifying the activity that the download is complete. I would really rather avoid having the activity poll the service to find out if the download is completed. On Feb 7, 9:53 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Avtar Khalsa <[email protected]> wrote: > > However, the local service example and the class you specifically referred > > to only seem to accommodate messages from the service onServiceConnected > > and onServiceDisconnected. > > Those are the explicit events the ServiceConnection get. Notice in the > example when the service is started, the connection object grabs a reference > to the Service. The ServiceConnection itself is referenced in the Activity. > Therefore you can get at the Service reference from your Activity through > the ServiceConnection. > > > This does not really help me since my activity will be launching the > > service and then will need the service to notify it once the information > > from my server has been successfully downloaded. > > Services are usually for maintaining an ongoing background task. Binding to > them is usually for showing the state of that background task to the user > (and possibly give them control over it). Think "music player". > > If you're just trying to download some data while your Activity is alive, an > AsyncTask within your Activity may be much, much simpler. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
