This seems like a pretty straightforward of binding to the service and
using a messenger..

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/bound-services.html

kris

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:59 PM, James Black <planiturth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My navigation program is all in an Activity, and now I need to have the part
> that makes the determination where the user is.
>
> So, the activity will be in charge of drawing on the MapOverlay, but the
> Service will be getting the location updates.
>
> How should the service inform the drawing activity of the current location
> and the path?
>
> It would seem that the activity should probably just poll the service, so
> that if there is no request for information then the service will just
> quietly keep track of what is going on, and just put up a notification when
> the user reaches their endpoint.
>
> But I am not certain if this is the best approach.
>
> Thank you.
>
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