How to start a service from an activity in android?

Question

am too much confused in starting a background service from an activity and am providing the code which i used to start the service from an activity.

private boolean isMyServiceRunning() {
    ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
    Log.v("Running activities", manager.toString());
    for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
 if ("com.*.*.service.Service".equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
     return true;
       }
    }
     Log.v("Currently running services in andorid phone", "other services");
    return false;
}

Above code is to check whether the service is running or not.If it is not means am doing this

if(isMyServiceRunning()) {
                          System.out.println("Service is running");
                        } else {
                          System.out.println("Service is not running");
                          Intent serviceIntent = new Intent();
                          serviceIntent.setAction("com.*.*.service.Service");
                          startService(serviceIntent);
                        }

Suggest your answers and solutions to solve this problem.

Answer 1

If you can start your service then use

public class YourService extends Service {

public static boolean isRunning = false;

     @Override
     public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
         return null;
     }

     @Override
     public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
         isRunning = true;
         return START_STICKY;
     }
}

if(!YourService.isRunning){
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, YourService.class);
    startService(intent);

    Date date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa");
    DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    Date dt = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
    String strTime = sdf.format(dt);
    String strDate = dateFormat.format(date);
}

and also define

<service android:name="com.mypackagename.YourService"></service>

in manifest.

If you want check service running or not then use one static variable in service and check before start your service. If that false then start service.