We aware that if you do this by sending to a registered broadcast receiver, you can cause security holes because other people can also register for the broadcast and send a broadcast to your client.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:24 PM, jseghers <jsegh...@cequint.com> wrote: > > On further investigation, I see that the PendingIntent can be > cancelled, and such can work in the way I need by using a > BroadcastReceiver (probably dynamically registered). > > - John > > On May 6, 12:59 pm, jseghers <jsegh...@cequint.com> wrote: > > Thank you for your quick reply. > > > > I thought about the PendingIntent, but in this application the > > information is only useful to the Caller if it is received while the > > Caller is active that time. So if the information arrives later, > > we'll still process it in the Service and store it for later use, but > > we don't want to invoke an activity in the Caller. > > > > - John > > > > On May 6, 12:54 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > How about doing option 1, but having the caller include a PendingIntent > for > > > where the result should be sent. This way the caller doesn't even need > to > > > stick around while your service is running -- it can give you a > > > PendingIntent that launches a receiver when you send it back. > > > > > If you want to go the IDL route, I would suggest an async call, with a > > > callback interface that is suppled and you call when done.- Hide quoted > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
