[android-developers] Re: startActivity Problem
Try using startService() to start your service instead of startActivity (). Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Jul 30, 8:06 am, kolby kolbys...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to call a service directly, and I'm getting an ActivityNotFoundException thrown. My main class looks like this: --- @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); try { Log.i(TAG,retrieving services:); PackageInfo pinfo = pm.getPackageInfo(test.another, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES | PackageManager.GET_SERVICES); for (ServiceInfo serv : pinfo.services) { Log.i(TAG,declared service: +serv.name); Log.i(TAG, package name: +serv.packageName); Log.i(TAG, enabled: +serv.enabled); Log.i(TAG, exported: +serv.exported); } } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } Intent i = new Intent(); i.setClassName(test.another, test.another.MyService); startActivity(i); setContentView(R.layout.main); } --- -- My service is empty, minus some log messages: --- - public void onCreate() { Log.i(T,created); } public void onStart(Intent i, int code) { Log.i(T,started); } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } --- - And the service is declared in the manifest file: --- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; package=test.another android:versionCode=1 android:versionName=1.0 application android:icon=@drawable/icon android:label=@string/ app_name activity android:name=.Main android:label=@string/app_name intent-filter action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN / category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER / /intent-filter /activity service android:name=MyService/service /application uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 / /manifest --- - When I run it in either the emulator or on my phone, I get this log: --- - 07-30 10:56:52.676: INFO/main(1686): retrieving services: 07-30 10:56:52.686: INFO/main(1686): declared service: test.another.MyService 07-30 10:56:52.686: INFO/main(1686): package name: test.another 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/main(1686): enabled: true 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/main(1686): exported: false 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/ActivityManager(56): Starting activity: Intent { comp={test.another/test.another.MyService} } 07-30 10:56:52.716: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(1686): Shutting down VM 07-30 10:56:52.716: WARN/dalvikvm(1686): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70) 07-30 10:56:52.716: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception 07-30 10:56:52.746: DEBUG/dalvikvm(1622): GC freed 5960 objects / 376680 bytes in 423ms 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo {test.another/test.another.Main}: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {test.another/test.another.MyService}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml? 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2268) 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2284) 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800(ActivityThread.java:112) 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): at
[android-developers] Re: startActivity Problem
Thanks Yusuf, that worked. Still curious though, when did the startActivity behavior change? It worked in an older project that was also 1.5. Michael On Jul 30, 11:52 am, Yusuf T. Mobile yusuf.s...@t-mobile.com wrote: Try using startService() to start your service instead of startActivity (). Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Jul 30, 8:06 am, kolby kolbys...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to call a service directly, and I'm getting an ActivityNotFoundException thrown. My main class looks like this: --- @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); try { Log.i(TAG,retrieving services:); PackageInfo pinfo = pm.getPackageInfo(test.another, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES | PackageManager.GET_SERVICES); for (ServiceInfo serv : pinfo.services) { Log.i(TAG,declared service: +serv.name); Log.i(TAG, package name: +serv.packageName); Log.i(TAG, enabled: +serv.enabled); Log.i(TAG, exported: +serv.exported); } } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } Intent i = new Intent(); i.setClassName(test.another, test.another.MyService); startActivity(i); setContentView(R.layout.main); } --- -- My service is empty, minus some log messages: --- - public void onCreate() { Log.i(T,created); } public void onStart(Intent i, int code) { Log.i(T,started); } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } --- - And the service is declared in the manifest file: --- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; package=test.another android:versionCode=1 android:versionName=1.0 application android:icon=@drawable/icon android:label=@string/ app_name activity android:name=.Main android:label=@string/app_name intent-filter action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN / category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER / /intent-filter /activity service android:name=MyService/service /application uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 / /manifest --- - When I run it in either the emulator or on my phone, I get this log: --- - 07-30 10:56:52.676: INFO/main(1686): retrieving services: 07-30 10:56:52.686: INFO/main(1686): declared service: test.another.MyService 07-30 10:56:52.686: INFO/main(1686): package name: test.another 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/main(1686): enabled: true 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/main(1686): exported: false 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/ActivityManager(56): Starting activity: Intent { comp={test.another/test.another.MyService} } 07-30 10:56:52.716: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(1686): Shutting down VM 07-30 10:56:52.716: WARN/dalvikvm(1686): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70) 07-30 10:56:52.716: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception 07-30 10:56:52.746: DEBUG/dalvikvm(1622): GC freed 5960 objects / 376680 bytes in 423ms 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo {test.another/test.another.Main}: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {test.another/test.another.MyService}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml? 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2268) 07-30
[android-developers] Re: startActivity Problem
There was never a point at any stage in the development of the platform where startActivity() would start a Service. :) On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM, kolbysoft kolbys...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Yusuf, that worked. Still curious though, when did the startActivity behavior change? It worked in an older project that was also 1.5. Michael On Jul 30, 11:52 am, Yusuf T. Mobile yusuf.s...@t-mobile.com wrote: Try using startService() to start your service instead of startActivity (). Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Jul 30, 8:06 am, kolby kolbys...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to call a service directly, and I'm getting an ActivityNotFoundException thrown. My main class looks like this: --- @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); try { Log.i(TAG,retrieving services:); PackageInfo pinfo = pm.getPackageInfo(test.another, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES | PackageManager.GET_SERVICES); for (ServiceInfo serv : pinfo.services) { Log.i(TAG,declared service: +serv.name); Log.i(TAG, package name: +serv.packageName); Log.i(TAG, enabled: +serv.enabled); Log.i(TAG, exported: +serv.exported); } } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } Intent i = new Intent(); i.setClassName(test.another, test.another.MyService); startActivity(i); setContentView(R.layout.main); } --- -- My service is empty, minus some log messages: --- - public void onCreate() { Log.i(T,created); } public void onStart(Intent i, int code) { Log.i(T,started); } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } --- - And the service is declared in the manifest file: --- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; package=test.another android:versionCode=1 android:versionName=1.0 application android:icon=@drawable/icon android:label=@string/ app_name activity android:name=.Main android:label=@string/app_name intent-filter action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN / category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER / /intent-filter /activity service android:name=MyService/service /application uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=3 / /manifest --- - When I run it in either the emulator or on my phone, I get this log: --- - 07-30 10:56:52.676: INFO/main(1686): retrieving services: 07-30 10:56:52.686: INFO/main(1686): declared service: test.another.MyService 07-30 10:56:52.686: INFO/main(1686): package name: test.another 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/main(1686): enabled: true 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/main(1686): exported: false 07-30 10:56:52.696: INFO/ActivityManager(56): Starting activity: Intent { comp={test.another/test.another.MyService} } 07-30 10:56:52.716: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(1686): Shutting down VM 07-30 10:56:52.716: WARN/dalvikvm(1686): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70) 07-30 10:56:52.716: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception 07-30 10:56:52.746: DEBUG/dalvikvm(1622): GC freed 5960 objects / 376680 bytes in 423ms 07-30 10:56:52.746: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1686): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo {test.another/test.another.Main}: