You can't do this from a service. A service is not associated with a UI.
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:15 AM, droid-stricken <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an activity -
> public class mainActivity extends Activity {
>
> private SurfaceView sv;
>
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> sv = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.video_surface);
>
> .....
> }
> }
>
> I have a service -
>
> public class VideoService extends Service {
>
> private static MediaPlayer mPlayer;
>
> @Override
> public void onCreate() {
> super.onCreate();
> mPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
> SurfaceHolder holder = ((SurfaceView)
> findViewById(R.id.video_surface)).getHolder();
> player.setDisplay(holder);
> }
> }
>
> Is this a correct way to set the surface holder for the video
> mediaplayer?
>
> If yes, the problem is i cannot do findViewById from within the
> service class. Any idea how to solve that part?
>
> I wish the mediaplayer instance to be part of the service so that any
> activity can issue play/pause commands and the service will execute
> the activities command.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks
>
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