I am not sure where/how I can run this service to work in background.
I develop application which use a CountDownTimer.
I found that I should create a CountDownTimer in Service.class and run a Service.class in MainActivity.class.
Why TextView doesn't show on my screen? I put this in OnCreate and onStartCommand. Next I try run this in MainActivity but without success.
I still try to implement my code to work this CountDownTimer properly in a background. On official Android website I see that they use a "Log.i" command to run this Foreground method. How can I use this in my code? Should I add this in Service.class?
Below is my code:
MainActivity:
Button btnStart, btnStop;
TextView textViewTime;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
public void startService(View view)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(this,MyService.class);
startService(intent);
}
public void stopService(View view)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(this,MyService.class);
stopService(intent);
}
MyService:
Button btnStart, btnStop;
TextView textViewTime;
public String hms;
@Override
public void onCreate() {
btnStart = (Button) btnStart.findViewById(R.id.btnStart);
btnStop = (Button) btnStop.findViewById(R.id.btnStop);
textViewTime = (TextView) textViewTime.findViewById(R.id.textViewTime);
textViewTime.setText("00:01:30");
final CounterClass timer = new CounterClass(90000, 1000);
btnStart.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//startService(v);
timer.start();
}
});
super.onCreate();
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) { // create start a service
textViewTime.setText("00:01:30");
Toast.makeText(this, "Service Started...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// timer.start();
//return START_STICKY; // return integer value
return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() { // stop a service
Toast.makeText(this, "Service Destroyed...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
super.onDestroy();
}
@Nullable
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { // it's not needed but we must override this method
return null;
}
public class CounterClass extends CountDownTimer {
public CounterClass(long millisInFuture, long countDownInterval) {
super(millisInFuture, countDownInterval);
}
@Override
public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
long millis = millisUntilFinished;
hms = String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(millis),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(millis) - TimeUnit.HOURS.toMinutes(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(millis)),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(millis) - TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(millis)));
System.out.println(hms);
textViewTime.setText(hms);
}
@Override
public void onFinish() {
textViewTime.setText("Completed.");
}
}
Here is your solution was easy though :)
activity xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context="in.ashish29agre.stackoverflow.sample.servicetimer.ServiceTimerActivity">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/status_tv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="16dp"
android:text="TImer will start here" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/start_btn"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="startService"
android:text="Start" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/stop_btn"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="stopService"
android:text="Stop" />
</LinearLayout>
Java code
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.content.LocalBroadcastManager;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;
import in.ashish29agre.stackoverflow.R;
public class ServiceTimerActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
TextView textViewTime;
private TimerStatusReceiver receiver;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_service_timer);
textViewTime = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.status_tv);
receiver = new TimerStatusReceiver();
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter(CountdownTimerService.TIME_INFO));
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).unregisterReceiver(receiver);
}
public void startService(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, CountdownTimerService.class);
startService(intent);
}
public void stopService(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, CountdownTimerService.class);
stopService(intent);
}
private class TimerStatusReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (intent != null && intent.getAction().equals(CountdownTimerService.TIME_INFO)) {
if (intent.hasExtra("VALUE")) {
textViewTime.setText(intent.getStringExtra("VALUE"));
}
}
}
}
}
service code
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.CountDownTimer;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v4.content.LocalBroadcastManager;
import android.support.v7.app.NotificationCompat;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import in.ashish29agre.stackoverflow.R;
public class CountdownTimerService extends Service {
public static final String TIME_INFO = "time_info";
private CounterClass timer;
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
}
@Nullable
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
timer = new CounterClass(90000, 1000);
timer.start();
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, ServiceTimerActivity.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
notificationIntent, Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
Notification notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
.setContentText("Counter down service")
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent).build();
startForeground(101, notification);
return START_NOT_STICKY;
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
timer.cancel();
super.onDestroy();
Intent timerInfoIntent = new Intent(TIME_INFO);
timerInfoIntent.putExtra("VALUE", "Stopped");
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(CountdownTimerService.this).sendBroadcast(timerInfoIntent);
}
public class CounterClass extends CountDownTimer {
public CounterClass(long millisInFuture, long countDownInterval) {
super(millisInFuture, countDownInterval);
}
@Override
public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
long millis = millisUntilFinished;
String hms = String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d", TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(millis),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(millis) - TimeUnit.HOURS.toMinutes(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(millis)),
TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(millis) - TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(millis)));
System.out.println(hms);
Intent timerInfoIntent = new Intent(TIME_INFO);
timerInfoIntent.putExtra("VALUE", hms);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(CountdownTimerService.this).sendBroadcast(timerInfoIntent);
}
@Override
public void onFinish() {
Intent timerInfoIntent = new Intent(TIME_INFO);
timerInfoIntent.putExtra("VALUE", "Completed");
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(CountdownTimerService.this).sendBroadcast(timerInfoIntent);
}
}
}
Forget to mention need to add service in manifest
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<service android:name=".sample.servicetimer.CountdownTimerService" />
</application>
Firstly:
You have to write Broadcast Receiver in MainActivity.java and register
it in oncreate()
and unregister
in onDetstroy()
.
Secondly
In Service in onTick()
method you have to sendbroadcast()
which will invoke onReceive()
in MainActivity.java and then in onReceive method you can chage text of Textview
of activity.