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turtleboy
turtleboy

Reputation: 7572

android how to check if service is running

I have an app that gets GPS co-ordinates. It works fine but i want to test from within the calling activity if the service is running. I have the following code that i thought would check but it is returning false when the GPS icon in the notification bar is still flashing. Has anyone any ideas why? Thanks in advance

private boolean isGpsServiceRunning() {
          ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager)getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
          for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
            if ("LocationService".equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
              return true;
            }
          }
          return false;
        }

.

LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getApplicationContext())
                            .registerReceiver(
                                    locationChangereceiver,
                                    new IntentFilter(
                                            LocationChangeIntent.ACTION_LOCATION_CHANGE));
                    startService(new Intent(this, LocationService.class));

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2294

Answers (3)

J.R
J.R

Reputation: 2163

 public boolean check(){
     ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
    for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) 
            {
                if ("com.example.yourpackagename.YourserviceName"
                        .equals(service.service.getClassName())) 
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
         return false;
    }

Upvotes: 2

bofredo
bofredo

Reputation: 2348

this method works fine for me and is easy to use:

private boolean isMyServiceRunning() {
    ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);

    Log.i(TAG,"MyService.class.getName() = "+ButtonOnBootService.class.getName());              

    for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {

        Log.i(TAG,"service.getClassName() = " +service.service.getClassName());

        if (ButtonOnBootService.class.getName().equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;   
}

Upvotes: 1

Amokrane Chentir
Amokrane Chentir

Reputation: 30385

You should compare against LocationService.class.getName(), instead of using a hard coded value. Also, the value that you are using corresponds to the Class#getSimpleName() which is probably not what you want here.

Upvotes: 3

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