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Reputation: 272104

How do I send some data (eg. a String) from my Activity to a Service ...in Android?

Usually, I putExtra inside an Intent to transfer stuff between Activities.

But it seems like I can't do this with a Service?

Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();

That doesn't work for a android Service. How do I send a string from an Activity to a Service then?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 804

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007296

The same way as you did with the Activity. You will get the Intent in the onStart() callback method, which you would need to override. That will be called whenever a client calls startService() for your Service, supplying the Intent in question.

Upvotes: 2

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