I wonder if intents are sent across Linux processes too. Very anxious to know the answer.
Kenny On Mar 19, 1:05 pm, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Thanks Dianne, a colleague was telling me basically this too. Does it > matter that the activities are running on different processes? > > On Mar 19, 3:50 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > If you are communicating between activities, you wouldn't use interfaces at > > all -- all of the communication with be by sending Intents between them in > > various ways, and you can use Intent.putExtra() to put strings and other > > data in them. > > > If you are communicating via a Service, you can use Messenger as the > > interface returned by onBind(), and you can stuff fairly arbitrary data in > > the Message with message.setData(). > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:22 PM, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > Just say I have two applications, each with one activity running on > > > separate processes and I want to send a simple string between them. > > > For the purposes of this example, let us say I have a button that > > > sends whatever is typed into an EditText view to the other application > > > where it is then displayed. > > > > Do I have to expose a remote interface via a service that co-resides > > > between the two applications? > > > > Or can I do something simpler (is there a way to pass data between > > > processes without defining your interface using AIDL)? > > > > Thanks for clearing this up for me, as I seem to be struggling with > > > performing IPC at the moment. I'm pretty sure I have to use the > > > Android IPC path and generate a remote interface using AIDL. I'm just > > > not sure about the binding to service part. > > > > Cheers! > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
