BTW Why are you calling startService in the stopservices part of the
switch statement in your code?
On Feb 9, 10:30 am, Walaa Mahmoud <walaamahmou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for replaying i saw this link before i asked but no result ,i start
> service via intent here is the code :
>
> public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
> switch (item.getItemId()) {
> case R.id.prefs:
>
> startActivity(new Intent(MarkanaActivity.this, Prefs.class));
> break;
> case R.id.startservices:
>
> startService(new Intent(MarkanaActivity.this, UpdaterServices.class));
> break;
>
> case R.id.stopservices:
> startService(new Intent(MarkanaActivity.this, UpdaterServices.class));
> break;
>
> }
>
> return true;
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Chris Mawata <chris.maw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Take a look at
> >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html
> > It depends on how you are starting the service.
>
> > On Feb 9, 5:25 am, AndroidGirl8 <walaamahmou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > i'm trying to make service getting twitter update by a thread every
> > > 5secs
> > > start service just fine and getting new twittes and inserting to
> > > database but i cant close service and it continue working untill force
> > > close
>
> > > here is my code :
>
> > > public class UpdaterServices extends Service {
>
> > > private static final String TAG =
> > > UpdaterServices.class.getSimpleName();
> > > updater up;
>
> > > @Override
> > > public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
> > > // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> > > return null;
> > > }
>
> > > @Override
> > > public void onCreate() {
> > > super.onCreate();
> > > up = new updater();
> > > Log.d(TAG, "check on create");
> > > }
>
> > > @Override
> > > public synchronized void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
> > > super.onStart(intent, startId);
>
> > > if (up.isRunning() == false) {
> > > up.start();
> > > Log.d(TAG, "check onstart");
> > > }
> > > }
>
> > > @Override
> > > public synchronized void onDestroy() {
>
> > > super.onDestroy();
>
> > > if (up.isRunning() == true) {
>
> > > up.interrupt();
> > > }
> > > up = null;
> > > Log.d(TAG, "check ondestroy");
>
> > > }
>
> > > class updater extends Thread {
>
> > > final static int Delay = 5000;
> > > private boolean running = false;
>
> > > public void run() {
>
> > > running = true;
> > > while (running) {
> > > try {
>
> > > // ///open database and
> > inserting what we get from twitter
> > > // into our sqlite new schema
> > > DBHelper dhhelper = new
> > DBHelper(UpdaterServices.this);
> > > SQLiteDatabase db =
> > dhhelper.getWritableDatabase();
>
> > > Twitter twitter =
> > ((MarkanaApplication) getApplication())
> > > .gettwitter();
> > > List<Status> s =
> > twitter.getFriendsTimeline();
> > > ContentValues value = new
> > ContentValues();
> > > for (Status w : s) {
> > > value.put(DBHelper.C_ID,
> > w.id);
>
> > value.put(DBHelper.C_CreatedAt, w.createdAt.getTime());
>
> > value.put(DBHelper.C_User, w.user.name);
>
> > value.put(DBHelper.C_Text, w.text);
>
> > > try {
>
> > db.insertWithOnConflict(DBHelper.Table, null,
>
> > value, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_REPLACE);
> > > } catch (Exception e) {
>
> > > }
>
> > > Log.d(TAG,
> > String.format("%s %s", w.user.name, w.text));
>
> > > }
>
> > > // ///close databases which we
> > opened
>
> > > db.close();
> > > dhhelper.close();
>
> > > Log.d(TAG, "running thread");
> > > Thread.sleep(Delay);
>
> > > } catch (InterruptedException e) {
> > > running = false;
>
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > public boolean isRunning() {
>
> > > return running;
>
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > what is wrong in my code or how can stop service when user click on
> > > stop ??
> > > another question what better using Asynctask instead of service
> > > cause i can control in it better than service or service just fine ??
>
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