How to pass a value in Services?

Question

I am making a media player ,who can run in background. i have to send a string uri in this service. but i cant send the uri value from my activity through bundle.Services cl

Answer 1

If you are trying to send a string or String-array from one Activity to another this can be done in the Intent.

In ClassA:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, ClassB);
tring[] myStrings = new String[] {"test", "test2"};
intent.putExtra("strings", myStrings);
startActivity(intent);

In ClassB:

public void onCreate() {
Intent intent = getIntent();
String[] myStrings = intent.getStringArrayExtra("strings");
}

Answer 2

You should use IntentService http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/IntentService.html.

Implement onHandleIntent(Intent intent) which will be called each time you start service with the startService(intent). You can pass your data to service through this intent.