Just subclass android.os.Binder and use an instance of it in your
onBind() method. You do not need AIDL for the local binding pattern.

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Matthew Fleming <mgf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My Android book, the quite massive Pro Android 3, shows an example of
> a local service without an interface (aside from that necessary to
> start and stop the service) and a remote service with an interface
> defined with aidl. However, it seems that what I need is a local
> service with an interface, since the service only has to be available
> to its own application, but the application has to be able to send
> tasks to the service. Of course, this could be done with a remote
> interface, but it seems this would introduce IPC overhead that might
> be avoided with a local service. What's the best way to proceed?
>
> TIA,
>
> Matthew Fleming
> Dermvision
>
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