Question

I trying to make a project, I have one activity and one service from diferent package. The both package I put in one project.

I put the activity in : com.idris.activity, and I put the Service in : com.idris.activity.service

I try to call MyService from a button’s listener in MyActivity like this :

Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyService.class);
                 myIntent.putExtra("extraData", "somedata");
                 startService(myIntent);

application’s manifest

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="idris.parental.monitor"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <activity
            android:name=".MyActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <service
            android:name=".MyService"
            android:enabled="true" />
    </application>
</manifest>

MyService can’t launch, what shuld I do?

Answer 1

Use this in your manifest:

<service
    android:name=".service.MyService"
    android:enabled="true" />

Make sure your are using correct package name for service in manifest file. If MyService.java file is in com.idris.activity.service package than use:

<service android:name="com.idris.activity.service.MyService" />