android-service Archives

Permission Denial: startForeground requires android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE

Lately we have suddenly been seeing a few of the following stack traces. Why could that be? This is from when the app ...

May 24, 2022
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How to have Android Service communicate with Activity

I’m writing my first Android application and trying to get my head around communication between services and activities. I have a Service that ...

May 20, 2022
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Android Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x636f7d89 (code=1). How can it be tracked down?

I’ve been reading the other posts on tracking down the reasons for getting a SIGSEGV in an Android app. I plan to scour ...

May 18, 2022
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START_STICKY and START_NOT_STICKY

What is the difference between START_STICKY and START_NOT_STICKY while implementing services in android? Could anyone point out to some standard examples.. ? 4 ...

May 17, 2022
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Get Context in a Service

Is there any reliable way to get a Context from a Service? I want to register a broadcast receiver for ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED but I ...

May 16, 2022
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Trying to start a service on boot on Android

I’ve been trying to start a service when a device boots up on android, but I cannot get it to work. I’ve looked ...

May 13, 2022
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getApplication() vs. getApplicationContext()

I couldn’t find a satisfying answer to this, so here we go: what’s the deal with Activity/Service.getApplication() and Context.getApplicationContext()? In our application, both ...

May 6, 2022
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Android 8.0: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not allowed to start service Intent

On application launch, app starts the service that should to do some network task. After targeting API level 26, my application fails to ...

May 5, 2022
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Example: Communication between Activity and Service using Messaging

I couldn’t find any examples of how to send messages between an activity and a service, and I have spent far too many ...

April 30, 2022
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Service vs IntentService in the Android platform

I am seeking an example of something that can be done with an IntentService that cannot be done with a Service (and vice-versa)? ...

April 21, 2022
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