Why is this simple service not starting?

Question

I have a service with a handler that has to write \"Hello\" in the logcat every 5 seconds. But it doesn\'t write nothing on the logcat... It\'s like the service is not execu

Answer 1

If using Xamarin Droid the easiest way to do this is to mark the class as a service like this:

[Service]
public class LongRunningTaskService : Service
{
    ...
}

Then there's no need to put it in the AndroidManifest.xml.

Answer 2

Did you declare the service in AndroidManifest.xml?

Answer 3

Hi the code you write is working fine. May be you forgot to add the following code in the manifest file before closing application tag.

<application>
    ....
    <service android:name=".MyServiceNotifications"/>
</application>

Answer 4

There are also circumstances where you need to put the "enabled" attribute to "true" when defining it in the manifest, like so:

<service android:enabled="true" android:name=".MyServiceNotifications" />

See this link for more info: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/service-element.html

Answer 5

Very important: write the name space correctly, for example:

<service android:name="com.example.data.synchronization.SynchronizationService"/>

in my AndroidManifest.xml previously it was (wrong):

<service android:name="com.example.data.SynchronizationService"/>

No service started and no error message!