Here is source code of the Program to Move a Service to Background in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.
MainActivity.java
package com.example.moveservicebackground; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Button start = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); Button end = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2); start.setOnClickListener(this); end.setOnClickListener(this); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } @Override public void onClick(View v) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyService.class); switch (v.getId()) { case R.id.button1: intent.putExtra("Start", "1"); startService(intent); break; case R.id.button2: intent.putExtra("Start", "2"); startService(intent); break; } } }
MyService.java
package com.example.moveservicebackground; import android.app.Notification; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.IBinder; import android.widget.Toast; public class MyService extends Service { @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } @Override public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); String msg = intent.getStringExtra("Start"); int flag = Integer.parseInt(msg); if (flag == 1) { Notification notification = new Notification( R.drawable.ic_launcher, "text", System.currentTimeMillis()); Intent main = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class); main.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP); PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, main, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT); notification .setLatestEventInfo(this, "title", "Notification From the " + "ForeGround Service Application", pendingIntent); notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_ONGOING_EVENT | Notification.FLAG_FOREGROUND_SERVICE | Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR; startForeground(2, notification); } if (flag == 2) { stopForeground(true); } return START_STICKY; } }
Activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <Button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginTop="118dp" android:text="Display Notification" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/button1" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_below="@+id/button1" android:layout_marginTop="64dp" android:text="Stop Display Notification" /> </RelativeLayout>
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.moveservicebackground" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.moveservicebackground.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> <service android:name=".MyService" android:enabled="true" /> </application> </manifest>
