I want to call a service when a certain activity starts. So, here's the Service class:
public class UpdaterServiceManager extends Service {
private final int UPDATE_INTERVAL = 60 * 1000;
private Timer timer = new Timer();
private static final int NOTIFICATION_EX = 1;
private NotificationManager notificationManager;
public UpdaterServiceManager() {}
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
// Code to execute when the service is first created
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
if (timer != null) {
timer.cancel();
}
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startid) {
notificationManager = (NotificationManager)
getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
int icon = android.R.drawable.stat_notify_sync;
CharSequence tickerText = "Hello";
long when = System.currentTimeMillis();
Notification notification = new Notification(icon, tickerText, when);
Context context = getApplicationContext();
CharSequence contentTitle = "My notification";
CharSequence contentText = "Hello World!";
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, Main.class);
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
notificationIntent, 0);
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, contentTitle, contentText,
contentIntent);
notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_EX, notification);
Toast.makeText(this, "Started!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
@Override
public void run() {
// Check if there are updates here and notify if true
}
}, 0, UPDATE_INTERVAL);
return START_STICKY;
}
private void stopService() {
if (timer != null) timer.cancel();
}
}
And here is how I call it:
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent();
serviceIntent.setAction("cidadaos.cidade.data.UpdaterServiceManager");
startService(serviceIntent);
The problem is that nothing happens. The above code block is called at the end of the activity's onCreate. I already debugged and no exception is thrown.
Any idea?