You do not need a "remote" service within a single application, as your sample illustrates. While you can use AIDL and binding for local services, it's unclear if there are any benefits compared to just using a local Binder. Remote services -- where the client and service are in separate applications -- *do* need AIDL if you want to use the binding pattern.
Also, using setClassName() as you have it is an anti-pattern. For local services, use the constructor that takes the actual class. For remote services, the service should publish an <intent-filter> that is stable (e.g., using a custom action string). Even better is to publish one <intent-filter> per version of the exported API. Your code as written will break when the service author refactors their code, and the service has no way to know which version of the service's API the client wants to receive. Also, your client (Activity) never unbinds from the service, which is bad form. If you bind to the service, unbind from it. If the service is supposed to live past the end of the client's life, you should be using startService(). On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Jignesh Kakkad(Jiggy) <jig2n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > I thought this sample code would be useful to someone. > http://tips-tricks.weblogforfun.com/2011/05/31/creating-remote-background-service/ > Please feel free to comment on the same (if you think there is any other way > to improve it) > Thanks > Regards > Jiggy > Mobile news: > > -- > 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
