Thanks for the feedback. Two reasons I found (correct me if I am wrong) for using an IBinder are -
- A Service bound to a foreground Activity has a higher chance of NOT being stopped. - The bindService method provides assurance that the Service has started. On Oct 29, 6:18 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:07 PM, jotobjects <jotobje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So that makes me wonder if there are reasons why the Activity cannot > > just call methods on the Service directly and vice versa, once you get > > references to the two objects. What is the role of IBinder that is > > better than plain object references? > > You certainly can, as spelled out in the Service doc: > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#Local... > > (And note ability to do this is not because they are called by the same > thing, but because they are running in the same process.) > > -- > 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
