how to prevent service to run again if already running android

Question

On click of a button I want to start service using method startService(new Intent(currentActivity.this,MyService.class)) but if service is running I don\'t want to

Answer 1

Bind your service; when starting call:

Intent bindIntent = new Intent(this,ServiceTask.class);
    startService(bindIntent);
    bindService(bindIntent,mConnection,0);

Then to check if your service is working, use a method like:

    public static boolean isServiceRunning(String serviceClassName){ 
             final ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager)Application.getContext().getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);     
             final List services = activityManager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE);      
           for (RunningServiceInfo runningServiceInfo : services) {         
             if (runningServiceInfo.service.getClassName().equals(serviceClassName)){             
                return true;         
             }     
           }     
         return false; 
        }