Those same things apply to the local service sample. That sample is still binding; it is just taking advantage of the fact that the returned IBinder is implement in its same process so can be cast to a concrete class.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:26 PM, jotobjects <jotobje...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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<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
