Question

i have created an application which will start a service to check a particular remote file for update..

the service part is done but now the user needs to manually start up the service

is there a way which i can make the service start up automatically once the application is not in view (either the user clicks the home button/clicks back or open another application)

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anyway figured out how to do it already

    @Override
protected void onPause() 
{
    startService(new Intent(this, fileService.class));
    super.onPause();
}

@Override
protected void onResume() 
{
    stopService(new Intent(this, fileService.class));
    super.onResume();
}

i used this to start the service when the application is paused and stop when its resume

Answer 1

You can not do this on Application level, but on Activities level. Activities have a lifecycle, where they get notified when their status changes.

You need to implement onPause() or onStop() in your Activity.