Yeah, we have the same challenge. Our current workaround is to launch our Activity as a sticky activity, and then push it to the background after it starts processing events. Hopefully, that keeps it invisible to device users at startup, but gets our service running in-process. It's an ugly hack, but we hope Qt can work on this or perhaps we can help by contributing eventually.
Corey -----Original Message----- From: Jason H [mailto:jh...@gmx.com] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 11:55 AM To: Pendleton, Corey <corey.pendle...@garmin.com> Cc: interest@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Interest] Android services Thanks, but 1. I need it now. 2. "The Android Application running can now have a QtActivity or a QtService, but having both in the same process is not supported." Both of which are deal-breakers. It's be nice to know if I can work around the limitation of the patch? > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 at 12:46 PM > From: "Pendleton, Corey" <corey.pendle...@garmin.com> > To: "interest@qt-project.org" <interest@qt-project.org> > Subject: Re: [Interest] Android services > > You might find this interesting: > https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-37221 > According to the patch associated with that report: > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/149018/ this feature may be available > to you with Qt 5.7. > > Corey > > -----Original Message----- > From: m...@rpzdesign.com [mailto:m...@rpzdesign.com] > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2016 5:50 PM > To: interest@qt-project.org > Subject: Re: [Interest] Android services > > Why don't you create a skeleton test app and share with the group the source > code. > > I sent you a reply message yesterday suggesting the Android Job API. > > You might find sweeter fruit using that. > > md > > > On 3/4/2016 4:46 PM, Jason H wrote: > > So I am trying to implement a background service and it's not going very > > well. The service is being used to upload files when the UI is suspended. > > > > My usage differs from the http://www.kdab.com/qt-android-episode-7/ > > tutorial in a number of ways. > > > > 1. I have a Qt App > > 2. I have a subclassed QtActivity > > 3. I have a subclassed IntentService 4. The intent service calls the > > native statics functions. > > 5. I've added <service android:name=".MyUploadService" > > android:exported="false" android:enabled="true"/> to the manifest, and > > spec'd MyActivity as the activity. > > > > > > 6. MyActivity::onCreate calls: > > Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(this, MyUploadService.class); > > startService(serviceIntent); > > > > And that's where it stops. > > > > In my MyUploadService, > > 1. None of the below gets logged: > > @Override > > public MyUploadService() { > > super("MyUploadService"); > > java.lang.System.out.println(this.getClass().toString() + " > > Initialized"); > > } > > > > @Override > > public void onCreate() { > > java.lang.System.out.println(this.getClass().toString() + " > > Created"); > > } > > > > @Override > > public void onHandleIntent(Intent workIntent) { > > java.lang.System.out.println(this.getClass().toString() + " > > onHandleIntent"); > > ... > > } > > > > Once the service is started, it is occasionally sent messages for work to > > do. But it doesn't get that far. > > > > > > Help? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Interest mailing list > > Interest@qt-project.org > > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > > > > > > ________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the sole use > of the intended recipient(s) and contain information that may be confidential > and/or legally privileged. If you have received this email in error, please > notify the sender by reply email and delete the message. Any disclosure, > copying, distribution or use of this communication (including attachments) by > someone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
