How to bind service from Java library in Xamarin Android Project

Question

• I have service class implementation in Example.aar

  public class DemoService : Service{}

• I have created a Native binding library project.

• When i tried to bind this service in Xamarin.Android project. bindService() is returning false.

  var Result =context.getApplicationContext.bindService(new Intent(context,typeof(DemoService)), new ServiceConnection(),Bind.AutoCreate); //Result is false.
  

How to bind a service created in 3rd party library project in Xamarin Android project.??

Answer 1

You can refer to this article Binding a Java Library. In the Microsoft doc, first you can get the class from the .aar file.

var ClassName = new Com.MyCompany.MyProject.MyclassName();

Then use the bindService or other methods to use the Class.

var Result =context.getApplicationContext.bindService(new Intent(context,typeof(ClassName)), new ServiceConnection(),Bind.AutoCreate);