In my application I have given the notifications for heavy rain based on server response. But I m unable to destroy the service and stop notifications.I have stop the notifications on the unchecking the checkbox. In my code onDestroy method is called and toast message is displayed but service is not stopped. How can I do this. Thanks in advance
Alert_notifications.java
public class Alert_notifications extends Activity {
CheckBox enablecheck;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@SuppressLint("NewApi")
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_alert_notifications);
getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
enablecheck = (CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.checkBox1);
enablecheck.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener()
{
@Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton arg0, boolean arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(enablecheck.isChecked()){
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent intent = new Intent(Alert_notifications.this, com.example.gpstracking.NotifyService.class);
Alert_notifications.this.startService(intent);
}
else
{
stopService(new Intent(Alert_notifications.this, NotifyService.class));
}
}
});
}
NotifyService.java (service)
public class NotifyService extends Service {
NotifyServiceReceiver notifyServiceReceiver;
final static String ACTION = "NotifyServiceAction";
final static String STOP_SERVICE = "";
final static int RQS_STOP_SERVICE = 1;
private static final String url_Weather_details1="http://128.251.238.238/Weatherforecast1/";
private static final String TAG_SUCCESS = "success";
private static Timer timer = new Timer();
private Context ctx;
private static final int MY_NOTIFICATION_ID = 1;
private NotificationManager notificationManager;
private Notification myNotification;
// constant
public static final long NOTIFY_INTERVAL = 10 * 1000; // 10 seconds
// run on another Thread to avoid crash
private Handler mHandler = new Handler();
// timer handling
private Timer mTimer = null;
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
// cancel if already existed
if(mTimer != null) {
mTimer.cancel();
} else {
// recreate new
mTimer = new Timer();
}
// schedule task
mTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimeDisplayTimerTask(), 0, NOTIFY_INTERVAL);
}
class TimeDisplayTimerTask extends TimerTask {
@Override
public void run() {
// run on another thread
mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
if(isNetworkAvailable())
{
ArrayList<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("LAT", "LAT"));
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("LONGITUDE", "LONG"));
Log.d("params", params.toString());
// getting weather details by making HTTP request
// Note that weather details url will use GET request
JSONObject json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(url_Weather_details1,
"GET", params);
// check your log for json response
Log.d("Weather Details", json.toString());
// json success tag
int success = 0;
try {
success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
System.out.println("success"+success);
}
catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
if (success == 2) {
// successfully received weather details
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter();
intentFilter.addAction(ACTION);
registerReceiver(notifyServiceReceiver, intentFilter);
// Send Notification
notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
myNotification = new Notification(R.drawable.heavy_rain,"Heavy rain", System.currentTimeMillis());
Context context = getApplicationContext();
String notificationTitle = "Heavy Rain!";
String notificationText = "";
Intent myIntent=new Intent(context, Alert_activity.class);
//Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(myBlog));
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
getBaseContext(), 0, myIntent, Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
myNotification.defaults |= Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND;
myNotification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
myNotification.setLatestEventInfo(context, notificationTitle,
notificationText, pendingIntent);
notificationManager.notify(MY_NOTIFICATION_ID, myNotification);
}
}
}
});
}
}
}
private boolean isNetworkAvailable() {
ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo activeNetworkInfo = connectivityManager
.getActiveNetworkInfo();
return activeNetworkInfo != null && activeNetworkInfo.isConnected();
}
public void onDestroy(){
Toast.makeText(this, "Service Destroyed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
notificationManager.cancel(MY_NOTIFICATION_ID);
super.onDestroy();
}
}
In my code onDestroy method is called and toast message is displayed but service is not stopped
Yes, it is. What is not stopped is your Timer and TimerTask. You started that -- you need to stop that in onDestroy(), probably by calling cancel() on the Timer.