On Jul 20, 4:22 pm, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/threa... > > Did you read Dianne's comment about trying to determine if a Service is > running this way?
Yes I did. That's what I followed. Simply putting a public variable in the service to look at BUT how do I efficiently poll to inspect this? I was hoping for a callback to register with the Service. > > > The problem is how to block waiting on that without sucking up CPU. > > Progress dialog? The Service itself already throws one up. > > > 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. I understand the reference, but I don't see any where in the example where any custom callback is done, and I don't see anything clear in the API on how to do that. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
