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

So, for avoiding restarting a task again and again, You can use boolean values, that the task is already started or ongoing. Put the method both in oncreate and onstartCommand, and checked with the boolean:

 boolean isTimerTaskRunning = false;
private boolean isServiceKeepRunning(){
        SharedPreferences settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        return settings.getBoolean("silentModeKeepRunning", true);
    }

@Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        Log.i(TAG, "onCreate: Called");
        Log.i(TAG, "onCreate: keepRunning "+isServiceKeepRunning());
        if(!isTimerTaskRunning) {
            startTimerTask();
            isTimerTaskRunning = true;
        }
        //startForeground(REQUEST_CODE /* ID of notification */, notificationbuilder().build());

    }

 @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        localData = new LocalData(this);
      //  return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
        Log.i(TAG, "onStartCommand: Called");
        Log.i(TAG, "onStartCommand: keepRunning "+isServiceKeepRunning());

        Toast.makeText(this, "This is The Mode For Silent. ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        if(!isTimerTaskRunning) {
            Log.i(TAG, "TimerTask was not Running - started from onStartCommand");
           startTimerTask();
           isTimerTaskRunning = true;

        }else {
            Log.i(TAG, "TimerTask was already Running - checked from onStartCommand");

        }
        //return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;
        startForeground(REQUEST_CODE /* ID of notification */, notificationbuilder().build());

        return  START_STICKY;
}