I have got a MainActivity which gets the current location on click of a button. In the activity, and the location is stored with three different methods in
- SharedPreferences
- An online SQL Database
- In a text file on the device
I have another class to start a foreground service (ForegroundService.java) which starts with the click of another button in the MainAcivity and stops with a third button.
My plan is to have regular (1 hour interval) location updates using the ForegroundService and a JobService. So if we click on the StartService-button in the MainActivity the foreground service should start and regularly call the methods from the MainActivity: getCurrentGPSPosition (to get the location), and the three methods to store the information.
The MainActivity works fine. The ForegroundService can be started and stopped bud I do not know how to make it call the methods from the MainActivity. Here is the code - ForegroundService.java:
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.IBinder;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat;
import static com.example.currentlocation.App.CHANNEL_ID;
public class ForegroundService extends Service {
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
}
@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
//String input = intent.getStringExtra("inputExtra");
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this,
0, notificationIntent, 0);
Notification notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
.setContentTitle("GPS position tracker")
//.setContentText(input)
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_baseline_gps_fixed_24)
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
.build();
startForeground(1, notification);
return START_NOT_STICKY;
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
}
@Nullable
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
}
App.java
import android.app.Application;
import android.app.NotificationChannel;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
public class App extends Application {
public static final String CHANNEL_ID = "CurrentLocationServiceChannel";
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
createNotificationChannel();
}
private void createNotificationChannel(){
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
NotificationChannel serviceChannel = new NotificationChannel(
CHANNEL_ID,
"Current Location Service Channel",
NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT
);
NotificationManager manager = getSystemService(NotificationManager.class);
manager.createNotificationChannel(serviceChannel);
}
}
}
In the MainActivity the following parts:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
........
//Backgroundservice
public void startService(View v){
// String input = editTextInput.getText().toString();
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(this, ForegroundService.class);
// serviceIntent.putExtra("inputExtra", input);
startService(serviceIntent);
}
public void stopService(View v){
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(this, ForegroundService.class);
stopService(serviceIntent);
}
//Method to store in SQL online
public void OnReg() {.......code....}
//Method to save data in SharedPreferences
public void saveData() {.......code....}
//Method to save data in Internal File
public void saveToFile() {.......code....}
//method for GPS request
getCurrentGPSLocation() {.......code....}
}
Has anybody got an idea how to work that out? Or do you need more details? Thanks for your help!