[android-developers] services in android
can we create a service without any activity i hav an application of email sending automatically so i made a activity and run it as a service when my device is switched on after booting it start automatically and display the ui of activity,, i dnt want dis ui,,what shall i do help me i want my app should start in background without displaying ui, how to make it service without any activity can we make service without any activity..help me thanks -- 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
Re: [android-developers] services in android
can we create a service without any activity Sounds like some sort of spyware to me... Fortunately, newer versions of Android have made this impossible. i hav an application of email sending automatically so i made a activity and run it as a service when my device is switched on after booting it start automatically and display the ui of activity,, i dnt want dis ui,,what shall i do help me Newer versions of Android prevent your app from doing anything, including responding to broadcasts (such as to notify that the device has been turned on) until the user first initiates a launch of your app. i want my app should start in background without displaying ui, That is possible, but must be done through an Activity... Use Theme.NoDisplay on your activity, have it start your service, and then finish. how to make it service without any activity can we make service without any activity..help me Do you really need to ask the same question multiple times? I understood you the first time. It sounds to me like you have an incomplete understanding of how services work on Android... they should not run forever, and Android will kill your service if it needs the memory... I would highly recommend checking out Mark Murphy's article on services: http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/09/diamonds-are-forever-services-are-not/ Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Ashu ashutosh0...@gmail.com wrote: can we create a service without any activity -- 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
Re: [android-developers] services in android
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Justin Anderson magouyaw...@gmail.com wrote: can we create a service without any activity Sounds like some sort of spyware to me... Fortunately, newer versions of Android have made this impossible. I disagree.. We typically use services devoid of UI for implementing utility like routines. They don't run forever, and aren't intended to, but for farming out some shared code to a service that runs in the background (or, in our case, getting security through more sandboxing across processes), it works fine. There is also an activity that can be started by the user, to check up on things happening in the service, but it's not a requirement... kris -- 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
Re: [android-developers] services in android
He has a service that he wants to run without having any interaction from the user whatsoever... He wants it to be completely transparent to the user, meaning they do not know it is running. That doesn't sound like spyware? Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Kristopher Micinski krismicin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Justin Anderson magouyaw...@gmail.com wrote: can we create a service without any activity Sounds like some sort of spyware to me... Fortunately, newer versions of Android have made this impossible. I disagree.. We typically use services devoid of UI for implementing utility like routines. They don't run forever, and aren't intended to, but for farming out some shared code to a service that runs in the background (or, in our case, getting security through more sandboxing across processes), it works fine. There is also an activity that can be started by the user, to check up on things happening in the service, but it's not a requirement... kris -- 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 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
Re: [android-developers] services in android
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Justin Anderson magouyaw...@gmail.com wrote: He has a service that he wants to run without having any interaction from the user whatsoever... He wants it to be completely transparent to the user, meaning they do not know it is running. That doesn't sound like spyware? Yes, unless it's attached to a program that user *does* know is running. (This is the case for the code I typically write.) If the user literally doesn't know it's running, at all, then that sounds bad, if the user doesn't need to notice it's running, then maybe that's not as bad.. In any case, any attempt to keep an everlasting service in the background (without a notification in the foreground) is also bad design and will eventually be killed off by the system anyway. So, the OP should specify exactly why he needs it. -- 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
Re: [android-developers] services in android
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Justin Anderson magouyaw...@gmail.comwrote: i want my app should start in background without displaying ui, That is possible, but must be done through an Activity... Use Theme.NoDisplay on your activity, have it start your service, and then finish. No, that is not running in the background. That is an activity that assumes it will never be seen by the user, but it is still at the top of the stack and if you don't immediately finish it you will give the user your app in a broken state. To the original poster -- of course you can use a Service without an Activity. There is nothing about a Service that ties it to an Activity, anywhere in the API. 1. Implement a Service. 2. Declare it in your manifest. 3. call startService() at the point you want it to start. -- 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
