The GCM Sample Project gives a stubbed out example of sending a GCM token to your server:
public class RegistrationIntentService extends IntentService {
...
@Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
try {
...
String token = instanceID.getToken(getString(R.string.gcm_defaultSenderId),
GoogleCloudMessaging.INSTANCE_ID_SCOPE, null);
Log.i(TAG, "GCM Registration Token: " + token);
// TODO: Implement this method to send any registration to your app's servers.
sendRegistrationToServer(token);
...
} catch (Exception e) {
...
}
}
/**
* Persist registration to third-party servers.
*
* Modify this method to associate the user's GCM registration token with any server-side account
* maintained by your application.
*
* @param token The new token.
*/
private void sendRegistrationToServer(String token) {
// Add custom implementation, as needed.
}
}
but this is done in an IntentService which finishes as soon as onHandleIntent returns right? So if starting an http call to send the token with the popular android-async-http library, I'm not even seeing my onStart hit:
private void sendRegistrationToServer(String token) {
post("/devices", params, new AsyncHttpResponseHandler() {
// TODO: MAKE SURE ONSTART ACTUALLY CALLED TO MAKE SURE REQUEST AT LEAST GOES UPSTREAM EVEN IF I DON'T RECEIVE A CALLBACK SINCE IN INTENTSERVICE
// IF NOT THEN MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THE INTENTSERVICE TO A SERVICE FOR DEVICE REGISTRATION
@Override
public void onStart() {
// not actually using callback because request sent from intentservice
Log.d("tagzzz", "sending upstream");
}
@Override
public void onSuccess(int statusCode, Header[] headers, byte[] responseBody) {
// not actually using callback because request sent from intentservice
}
@Override
public void onFailure(int statusCode, Header[] headers, byte[] responseBody, Throwable error) {
// not actually using callback because request sent from intentservice
}
});
}
Will my http request even be sent upstream before onHandleIntent returns and finishes the IntentService? If not, why does Google give this as their example for sending your token to your server?
