I'm trying to create a Service that will run in the background and put a notification in the status bar every 10 sec (for testing only).
I reviewed many posts here but still was unable to find help.
For some reason, when I call the AlarmManager to run the Service, the application crushing. Please advice.
This is the "Main Class" code:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_user_screen);
MyAlarmManager.scheduleAlarms(this);
This is the AlarmManager code:
public class MyAlarmManager extends BroadcastReceiver {
private static final int PERIOD=1000*10; // 15 minutes
private static final int INITIAL_DELAY=500; // 5 seconds
@Override
public void onReceive(Context ctxt, Intent i) {
scheduleAlarms(ctxt);
}
static void scheduleAlarms(Context ctxt) {
AlarmManager mgr= (AlarmManager)ctxt.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent i=new Intent(ctxt, MyService.class);
PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getBroadcast(ctxt, 0, i, 0);
Log.i("My Log", "Alarm Manager Started ......... Alarm Manager Started");
mgr.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() + INITIAL_DELAY, PERIOD, pi);
}
}
This is the "Service" code:
public class MyService extends Service {
private NotificationManager mNM;
private final IBinder mBinder = new LocalBinder();
private int NOTIFICATION = R.string.service_started;
public class LocalBinder extends Binder {
SecRssService getService() {
return SecRssService.this;
}
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
mNM = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Log.i("My Log", "Received onCreate Service !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
showNotification();
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
Log.i("My Log", "Received onStartCommand id " + startId + ": " + intent);
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.service_started, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
showNotification();
// This service will continue running until it is explicitly stopped, so return sticky.
return START_STICKY;
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
// Cancel the persistent notification.
mNM.cancel(NOTIFICATION);
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.service_stopped, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return mBinder;
}
private void showNotification() {
CharSequence text = getText(R.string.service_started);
Notification noti = new Notification.Builder(getBaseContext())
.setContentTitle(getText(R.string.noto))
.setContentText("Test Notification ON")
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
.build();
}
}
This is my Log
08-02 11:09:48.872: E/AndroidRuntime(9550): Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.homeapps4u.sec_ticker_rss.MyService cannot be cast to android.content.BroadcastReceiver
08-02 11:09:48.872: E/AndroidRuntime(9550): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2400)
08-02 11:09:48.872: E/AndroidRuntime(9550): ... 10 more
Please advise my where I'm wrong.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks, I should have used:
PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getService(ctxt, 0, i, 0);
On MyAlarmManager.