Hi Mark, thank you for the response. I have some additional questions about moving the AIDL below ...
On May 1, 4:28 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Freddy <f...@charter.net> wrote: > > I'm creating a remote service with an AIDL. I've developed the > > service using the package name > > > package com.mycompanyname.myservice; > > > I want to provide the AIDL (and my api interface docs) to a third- > > party so they can build an activity and utilize my service. If their > > package is named > > > package com.theircompany.theiractivity > > > then how can they use my AIDL in their activity? > > They create a src/com/mycompanyname/myservice directory in your > project, drop your AIDL in there, and use it. I should have been more detailed in my original post. I actually want to provide this AIDL to multiple third-parties. If each third-party dropped in the AIDL in their solution then wouldn't that simple refactor the name of the package? My goal is to have a single service (I can deliver a single apk - think of it as a common api or library that can be called across many different activites) which can be called by many different third-party activities. I've been playing around with your sugestion with no luck. It is possible to keep the same service (and same package name) of the service allowing other parties to call into my AIDL api? > > > If not, then what is the prefered method > > to expose a remote service api to exchange data between a service and > > activity? > > You are welcome to use the command pattern, with the activity calling > startService() when it needs work done, and using any number of means > to have the service report results back, including: > > - sending a PendingIntent over as an extra on the Intent passed to > startService() > - sending a Messenger over as an extra on the Intent passed to startService() > - using an ordinary broadcast Intent > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
