Question

I have a service that places a red rectangle on the screen and has a onDestroy() that looks like this

@Override
    public void onDestroy() {

      Toast.makeText(this, "service done", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
}

from one of my activities i am calling to kill this service like so:

 stopService(new Intent(this, assNavOverrideService.class));

i see the toast come up saying that the onDestroy() has been called but i still see the red rectangle and it is still running..

my manifest is using :

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES" >

myService

public class assNavOverrideService extends Service {

    Timer timer;
    WindowManager.LayoutParams handleParams;

    View screenBlock;
    View disableStatusBar;
    WindowManager winMgr;
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {

        winMgr = (WindowManager)getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE); 
    }

    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {

        disableStatusBar = new TableLayout(getApplicationContext());
        handleParams = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                50, 
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_OVERLAY,
                 // this is to keep button presses going to the background window
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE |
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_WATCH_OUTSIDE_TOUCH |
                 // this is to enable the notification to recieve touch events
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |
                 // Draws over status bar
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS,
                PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);

         handleParams.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
         handleParams.y = 750;

         disableStatusBar.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.fake_nav);

         winMgr.addView(disableStatusBar, handleParams);

         timer = new Timer();
         uiCheckTask tTask = new uiCheckTask();
         tTask.setService(this);
         timer.schedule(tTask, 50, 10);

        // If we get killed, after returning from here, restart
         return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;
    }

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        // We don't provide binding, so return null
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {

      Toast.makeText(this, "service done", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
    }



    class uiCheckTask extends TimerTask {
        Boolean secDialog = false;
        assNavOverrideService myService;


       public void setService(assNavOverrideService mS){
           myService = mS;
       }


        public void run() {

                Log.v("TICK","TOCKKKKKKKKKKK");


        }



    }



}

Answer 1

Solved, in my Service’s onDestroy() i had to stop the timer task and the service then closed…