Just one last question (I hope): will the onStartCommand be called on my IntentService? Should I put the code to handle the intent? I expect I don't have to since it must be handled in onHandleIntent. What value should I return in onStartCommand? Or is it just enough not to override it and implement only onHandleIntent?
Thanks a lot for your support. Federico On 30 Giu, 02:14, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Yes the intents will be enqueued and handled one at a time on the other > thread. Context.startService() is always asynchronous, no matter what the > service does. > > IntentService derives from Service (it is a convenience class implementing > one common Service pattern), so it inherits all of the functionality of > Service. > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Federico Paolinelli > <fedep...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I have to process some events given by a broadcast receiver. > > As kindly suggested by Mark M. a week ago, I am trying to send the > > intent to an intentservice in order to pass the data to be processed > > to another thread. > > > Looking at the doc, I can read abot onHandleIntent: > > "Only one Intent is processed at a time, but the processing happens on > > a worker thread that runs independently from other application logic. > > So, if this code takes a long time, it will hold up other requests to > > the same IntentService, but it will not hold up anything else. > > > What does it mean? Will the intents be queued and then processed one > > by one, or does it mean that the startService will block if the > > intentService is busy processing a previous intent? > > > And more (this is just my curiosity): > > What is the point in having a onStartCommand method in IntentService > > if the Intents must be processed in "onHandleIntent"? > > > Why the IntentService has all the onBind facilities if it will die > > when it finish its job? > > > Thanks a lot in advance, > > > Federico > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
