On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:15 PM, darrinps <darri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, but I am not seeing how that solves it. Getting access to know > if the service is done or not isn't the problem as I just use a public > static variable as suggested here: > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/8c4bd731681b8331/bf3ae8ef79cad75d > Did you read Dianne's comment about trying to determine if a Service is running this way? > The problem is how to block waiting on that without sucking up CPU. > Progress dialog? > I don't see any way to register for a callback which was what I was hoping > for. > That's pretty much the point of the LocalService example ... your activity has a reference to the Service and can do what it wants with it, including registering a custom callback that the Service invokes when it's done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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