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Robin Dijkhof
Robin Dijkhof

Reputation: 19288

Android service not starting, no idea why

I'm trying to run a thread by starting it with a service, but it won't start. It won't even log.

This is my inner service class. The service class creates a new background thread and starts it. The backgroundthread and the service class are both innerclasses so they can reach the variables.

public class MyService extends Service {
    private BackgroundThread background;
    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
        background = new BackgroundThread();        
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");
    }


    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        super.onStartCommand(intent, startId, startId);
        Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        Log.d(TAG, "onStart");
        background.start();
        return startId;
    }
}

I'm starting the service in the MainActivity by this:

startService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));

And this is my manifest:

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >


    <activity
        android:name="com.example.antioversleepapp.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>

    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.antioversleepapp.SettingsActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_settings" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.antioversleepapp.InfoActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_info" >
    </activity>
    <service android:enabled="true" android:name="com.example.antioversleepapp.MyService" />
</application>

Please help me out

Upvotes: 0

Views: 870

Answers (2)

Sanghati Mukherjee
Sanghati Mukherjee

Reputation: 101

try this code in your start service button, I hope it works :

Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,Service.class);

MainActivity.this.startService(intent);

Upvotes: 0

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007494

This is my inner service class

That is not possible. It either needs to be a static inner class (in which case, your <service> element also needs changing) or it needs to be a separate public class.

The backgroundthread and the service class are both innerclasses so they can reach the variables.

I do not see any "variables" that your service needs to "reach". Moreover, it is impossible for Android to create an instance of an inner class, since it does not have an instance of the outer class.

Upvotes: 1

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