[android-developers] Re: Is a Service already running?
Actually, it would be fairly easy to do this, but I don't think there is an existing method for it. First, create some kind of flag in the Service to represent whether it's running. Update this flag in onStart and onDestroy. Then provide a public static method to access this flag. I would be tempted to use a static boolean flag, but I'm under the impression that gets wiped out if the system decides to stop your Service when trying to free resources. Maybe someone will clarify that. If it doesn't get wiped, I'd do that. If it does, you could probably save/load the status using preferences or a file. On Apr 12, 2:27 am, Harsh Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember hackbod saying sometime back that you cant do this. But please search the forums. harsh On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Soonil Nagarkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the subject states, I want to check if a Service is already running. If it is not, I do not want to start it, and if it is I want to stop and then start it again. How can I find this out? Thanks - Soonil N. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Is a Service already running?
I think a static variable will stay in the memory when the service is stopped, but there is one way to find out... On Apr 12, 9:08 pm, Dan U. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it would be fairly easy to do this, but I don't think there is an existing method for it. First, create some kind of flag in the Service to represent whether it's running. Update this flag in onStart and onDestroy. Then provide a public static method to access this flag. I would be tempted to use a static boolean flag, but I'm under the impression that gets wiped out if the system decides to stop your Service when trying to free resources. Maybe someone will clarify that. If it doesn't get wiped, I'd do that. If it does, you could probably save/load the status using preferences or a file. On Apr 12, 2:27 am, Harsh Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember hackbod saying sometime back that you cant do this. But please search the forums. harsh On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Soonil Nagarkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the subject states, I want to check if a Service is already running. If it is not, I do not want to start it, and if it is I want to stop and then start it again. How can I find this out? Thanks - Soonil N.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Is a Service already running?
Well, I'm not sure the issue is when it is stopped, but when it is taken out of memory when the OS tries to release resources. On Apr 12, 1:29 pm, Hielko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a static variable will stay in the memory when the service is stopped, but there is one way to find out... On Apr 12, 9:08 pm, Dan U. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it would be fairly easy to do this, but I don't think there is an existing method for it. First, create some kind of flag in the Service to represent whether it's running. Update this flag in onStart and onDestroy. Then provide a public static method to access this flag. I would be tempted to use a static boolean flag, but I'm under the impression that gets wiped out if the system decides to stop your Service when trying to free resources. Maybe someone will clarify that. If it doesn't get wiped, I'd do that. If it does, you could probably save/load the status using preferences or a file. On Apr 12, 2:27 am, Harsh Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember hackbod saying sometime back that you cant do this. But please search the forums. harsh On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Soonil Nagarkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the subject states, I want to check if a Service is already running. If it is not, I do not want to start it, and if it is I want to stop and then start it again. How can I find this out? Thanks - Soonil N.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
