I did make sure that there were no R.xx classes in the service, infact I dont need any resources in the service. I did double check again and nothing was present, although an import definition to resources class was left there. I wasn't sure if it would make a difference, but I removed that definition anyway and recompiled the jar without any different result. The application loading the jar, still cannot bind to the service. The service is a very simple class that just instantiates a set of regular java classes (nothing specific to Android). I'm not even able to debug into the service, I have a break point at onStart() and onCreate() methods and it never falls there. I will continue looking. .thanks.
On Monday, February 11, 2013 12:12:17 PM UTC-8, Streets Of Boston wrote: > > Maybe this service class uses/loads other classes that fail to load. > > Strong candidates that may fail to load are R.xxxx classes and their > members: If your JAR is generatedfrom a library project and if you > distribute just the JAR file, you may not distribute any R.xxxx classes > along with it, since these are not included in the JAR generation of a > library project. > > On Monday, February 11, 2013 2:57:54 PM UTC-5, RKSHR wrote: >> >> I have an external jar file that we have been using to import into an >> application apk. Recently I added a Android service class into the jar >> file, now when I import the file into an apk, I can instantiate all classes >> except the service. I have declared the service in the applications >> manifest file (with fully qualified class path), but when I try to bind to >> the service using context.bindService(intent, connection, >> BIND_AUTO_CREATE), nothing happens. I dont get any exception, nor an error >> message, but service is not instantiated, as the return value for >> bindService is false. >> >> I examined the contents of jar file to make sure that the service class >> is actually included. I also further dedexd the application dex file and >> even there the library service class was present. Any ideas what could be >> the problem? I have read several posts on this, but still unable to figure >> out the problem. What I really want to achieve is provide a Android >> service class in a library (jar file), so application developers can simply >> bind to the service and it starts the run within the context of the >> application. I don't want the service to be remote, hence not using AIDL. >> Also the jar is built using ant build.xml, its not marked as a library >> project, but just as a regular jar file that can be imported into any >> application. The goal is to distribute the jar file without the source >> code, hence not marking it as library. >> >> RK. >> >> -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
