Hi Tim, There's a local service binding example in ApiDemos which I'm pretty sure does exactly that:
http://developer.android.com/guide/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/LocalServiceBinding.html However, I think you're better off using AlarmManager to start a service periodically. This is a common practice, and you should be able to find more information about it in this and other forums. Cheers, James On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Tim <vkan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am very new beginner, and I am designing a small application as > below. > > - After a user starts the application, he/she can click the start > button to start a background task. (e.g. retrieving the news headlines > periodically, then do something...) > > - Even after the user quits the application, the background task still > running. > > - To stop the background task, the user needs to run the application > again, and clicks the stop button to stop the background task. > > In the above scenario, what API should I use ? (Local Service > Binding ? Remote Service Binding ? Handler ?) > > Please help me. Thank you very much. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
