Question

How can I get the service reference in a child activity.

Basically I started a service called “A” in activity1, I pass the intent to activity2 and started the activity2. How can I get the reference of my service “A” in activity2.

code in Activity1:

getApplicationContext().bindService(new Intent (this, AndroidUpnpServiceImpl.class), serviceConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

It will start the service and bind the service to serviceConnection

Now I want the reference of same service in activity2

Thanks.

Answer 1

Looks like you can simply call bindService in your activity2; services are singletons so another service object will not be spawned but you’ll connect to the existing one.

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