android后台服务发送广播,android – 正确使用后台服务/广播接收器

Do I even need a service?

这取决于.如果您在BraodcastReceiver中所做的工作不需要花费太多时间,那么您可以在那里完成.但是,如果你的onReceive()运行时间太长,那么Android会杀掉它.通常,您不应在BroadcastReceiver中执行网络I / O.因此,您可以使用BroadcastReceiver来启动您的服务,它可以完成真正的工作.

Is my design backwards? Should the Broadcast Receiver call the service

to do the work?

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Can you register the broadcast receiver in the manifest and not have

to call it at all in code?

是的,您可以添加< intent-filter>标记到< receiver>清单中的标签.每当广播适当的Intent时,这将自动启动BroadcastReceiver.您的应用程序无需运行即可实现此目的.像这样的东西：

android:name=".MyReceiver" >

Are multiple calls to startService() bad? I know only 1 service runs,

but how do I check if the service is already running before creating

it?

多次调用startService()都可以.如果它已经启动,它将不会启动另一个.每次调用startService()都会在服务中生成对onStartCommand()的调用.如果要查看它是否已在运行,可以使用BroadcastReceiver中的peekService().如果IBinder正在运行,它将返回IBinder,但如果它尚未运行则不会启动它.