For me, the problem was that I was setting a specific height for the root layout, in the custom notification view xml file. As soon as I changed: android:layout_height=”@dimen/notification_expanded” to android:layout_height=”match_parent” in the root layout of notification view, the problem was solved. Also take a look at this example to see a simple example of … Read more
Make Sure to use the RECORD_AUDIO permission.
In Android < 2.3 it works. One process can write changes and the other process can read the changes. The code to read/write shared preferences files (they are actually stored in files) checks if there have been any changes made to the file before reading/writing and they update their cached version accordingly. In Android > … Read more
How can I make sure that only one instance of Service is created? There can only be one instance of a given Service. It gives different hash codes even when I am sure that the same function is running twice (downloading). Then this is not the Service. Or, the service had been destroyed and recreated … Read more
I’ve owned (and currently own) Samsung devices, so I know a little as to how it works from the user’s point of view. The technical specifications and how it works on the inside is an entirely separate issue, and one I can’t answer. The system can detect if you open an app. Samsung uses that … Read more
I’m surprised there’s no discussion of the incoming flags. I’m going to monitor this in the logs with the following: if (null == intent || null == intent.getAction ()) { String source = null == intent ? “intent” : “action”; Log.e (TAG, source + ” was null, flags=” + flags + ” bits=” + Integer.toBinaryString … Read more
Override onTaskRemoved() in your service and use alarm manager to start the service again. Below is code from our app that does the same and works fine: @Override public void onTaskRemoved(Intent rootIntent) { super.onTaskRemoved(rootIntent); Log.d(TAG, “TASK REMOVED”); PendingIntent service = PendingIntent.getService( getApplicationContext(), 1001, new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyService.class), PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT); AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE); alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, 1000, service); … Read more
Processes which have a current running foreground service are supposed to be unaffected by Doze. Bound/unbound, started/not-started, and wakelocks do not affect this whitelisting process. However, there is an issue on Android M devices where foreground services are not properly whitelisted when the foreground service is the in the same process as the top activity … Read more
AudioManager mAudioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE); if(mAudioManager.isMusicActive()) { Intent i = new Intent(SERVICECMD); i.putExtra(CMDNAME , CMDSTOP ); YourApplicationClass.this.sendBroadcast(i); } you can by getting the audiomanager then sending commands to it. these are the commands. public static final String CMDTOGGLEPAUSE = “togglepause”; public static final String CMDPAUSE = “pause”; public static final String CMDPREVIOUS = “previous”; public … Read more
Here’s what you can do in four steps: First: In the first interesting method of your service (I used on create): /* (non-Javadoc) * @see android.app.Service#onCreate() */ @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); //whatever else you have to to here… android.os.Debug.waitForDebugger(); // this line is key } Second: Set break points anywhere after the waitForDebugger … Read more