I’m making an app that sends a notification to the status bar, it sends the notification when stepping through the code in the debugger, however it never sends the notification when run in realtime.
Here is my runnable that generates the notification, again when stepping through this code in the debugger the notification runs however in realtime nothing happens.
public class NewsEvents_Service extends Service {
private static final String NEWSEVENTS = "newsevents";
private static final String KEYWORDS = "keywords";
private NotificationManager mNM;
private ArrayList<NewsEvent> neList;
private int count;
@Override
public void onCreate() {
mNM = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
neList = new ArrayList<NewsEvent>();
getKeywords();
//getNewsEvents();
Thread thr = new Thread(null, mTask, "NewsEvents_Service");
thr.start();
Log.d("Thread", "IT STARTED!!!!!!????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!?");
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
// Cancel the notification -- we use the same ID that we had used to start it
mNM.cancel(R.string.ECS);
// Tell the user we stopped.
Toast.makeText(this, "Service Done", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
/**
* The function that runs in our worker thread
*/
Runnable mTask = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
getNewsEventsFromWeb();
for(NewsEvent ne : neList){
Log.d("Thread Running", "Service Code running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
String body = ne.getBody().replaceAll("\\<.*?>", "");
String title = ne.getTitle();
for(String s : keyWordList){
if(body.contains(s) || body.contains(s.toLowerCase()) ||
title.contains(s) || title.contains(s.toLowerCase())){
ne.setInterested(true);
}
}
if(ne.isInterested() == true ){
Notification note = new Notification(R.drawable.icon,
"New ECS News Event", System.currentTimeMillis());
Intent i = new Intent(NewsEvents_Service.this, FullNewsEvent.class);
i.putExtra("ne", ne);
PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getActivity(NewsEvents_Service.this, 0,
i, 0);
note.setLatestEventInfo(NewsEvents_Service.this, "New Event", ne.getTitle(), pi);
note.flags = Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
mNM.notify(R.string.ECS, note);
}
}
}
};
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return mBinder;
}
/**
* Show a notification while this service is running.
*/
private void getNewsEventsFromWeb() {
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet get;
try {
get = new HttpGet(getString(R.string.jsonnewsevents));
ResponseHandler<String> response = new BasicResponseHandler();
String responseBody = client.execute(get, response);
String page = responseBody;
Bundle data = new Bundle();
data.putString("page",page);
Message msg = new Message();
msg.setData(data);
handler.sendMessage(msg);
}
catch (Throwable t) {
Log.d("UpdateNews", "PROBLEMS");
}
}
private Handler handler = new Handler(){
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
String page = msg.getData().getString("page");
try {
JSONArray parseArray = new JSONArray(page);
for (int i = 0; i < parseArray.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jo = parseArray.getJSONObject(i);
String title = jo.getString("title");
String body =jo.getString("body");
String pd = jo.getString("postDate");
String id = jo.getString("id");
NewsEvent ne = new NewsEvent(title, pd , body, id);
boolean unique = true;
for(NewsEvent ne0 : neList){
if(ne.getId().equals(ne0.getId())){
unique = false;
}else{
unique = true;
}
}
if(unique == true){
neList.add(ne);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
private ArrayList<String> keyWordList;
public void getNewsEvents(){
try {
InputStream fi = openFileInput(NEWSEVENTS);
if (fi!=null) {
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fi);
neList = (ArrayList<NewsEvent>) in.readObject();
in.close();
}
}
catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) {
// that's OK, we probably haven't created it yet
}
catch (Throwable t) {
Toast
.makeText(this, "Exception: "+t.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
}
if(neList == null){
neList = new ArrayList<NewsEvent>();
}
}
public ArrayList<String> getKeywords(){
try {
InputStream fi = openFileInput(KEYWORDS);
if (fi!=null) {
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fi);
keyWordList = (ArrayList<String>) in.readObject();
in.close();
}
}
catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) {
// that's OK, we probably haven't created it yet
}
catch (Throwable t) {
Toast
.makeText(this, "Exception: "+t.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
}
if(keyWordList == null){
keyWordList = new ArrayList<String>();
return keyWordList;
}
return keyWordList;
}
/**
* This is the object that receives interactions from clients. See RemoteService
* for a more complete example.
*/
private final IBinder mBinder = new Binder() {
@Override
protected boolean onTransact(int code, Parcel data, Parcel reply,
int flags) throws RemoteException {
return super.onTransact(code, data, reply, flags);
}
};
}
Here is my activity that schedules the service to run
public class NewsEvents extends ListActivity{
private URL JSONNewsEvents;
private ArrayList<NewsEvent> neList;
private ArrayList<String> keyWordList;
private Worker worker;
private NewsEvents ne;
public static final String KEYWORDS = "keywords";
private static final String NEWSEVENTS = "newsevents";
public static final int ONE_ID = Menu.FIRST+1;
private PendingIntent newsAlarm;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.newsevents);
ne = this;
neList = new ArrayList<NewsEvent>();
try {
JSONNewsEvents = new URL(getString(R.string.jsonnewsevents));
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
worker = new Worker(handler, this);
setListAdapter(new IconicAdapter());
getKeywords();
worker.execute(JSONNewsEvents);
}
@Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
writeNewsEvents() ;
}
@Override
protected void onPause(){
super.onPause();
writeNewsEvents();
}
private void writeNewsEvents() {
try {
OutputStream fi = openFileOutput(NEWSEVENTS, 0);
if (fi!=null) {
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fi);
out.writeObject(neList);
out.close();
}
}
catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) {
// that's OK, we probably haven't created it yet
}
catch (Throwable t) {
Toast
.makeText(this, "Exception: "+t.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
}
}
/**
* @return
*/
public ArrayList<String> getKeywords(){
try {
InputStream fi = openFileInput(KEYWORDS);
if (fi!=null) {
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fi);
keyWordList = (ArrayList<String>) in.readObject();
in.close();
}
}
catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) {
// that's OK, we probably haven't created it yet
}
catch (Throwable t) {
Toast
.makeText(this, "Exception: "+t.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
}
if(keyWordList == null){
keyWordList = new ArrayList<String>();
return keyWordList;
}
return keyWordList;
}
public void onListItemClick(ListView parent, View v,
int position, long id) {
startFullNewsEvent(neList.get(position));
}
/**
* @param newsEvent
*/
public void startFullNewsEvent(NewsEvent ne) {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, FullNewsEvent.class);
intent.putExtra("ne", ne);
this.startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
private Handler handler = new Handler(){
@Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
String page = msg.getData().getString("page");
try {
JSONArray parseArray = new JSONArray(page);
for (int i = 0; i < parseArray.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jo = parseArray.getJSONObject(i);
String title = jo.getString("title");
String body =jo.getString("body");
String pd = jo.getString("postDate");
String id = jo.getString("id");
NewsEvent ne = new NewsEvent(title, pd , body, id);
boolean unique = true;
for(NewsEvent ne0 : neList){
if(ne.getId().equals(ne0.getId())){
unique = false;
}else{
unique = true;
}
}
if(unique == true){
neList.add(ne);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
ne.setListAdapter(new IconicAdapter());
}
};
public class IconicAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<NewsEvent> {
IconicAdapter() {
super(NewsEvents.this, R.layout.rownews, neList);
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView,ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater=getLayoutInflater();
View row=inflater.inflate(R.layout.rownews, parent, false);
TextView label=(TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.label);
ImageView image= (ImageView)row.findViewById(R.id.icon);
String body = neList.get(position).getBody();
body.replaceAll("\\<.*?>", "");
String title = neList.get(position).getTitle();
for(String s : keyWordList){
if(body.contains(s) || body.contains(s.toLowerCase()) ||
title.contains(s) || title.contains(s.toLowerCase())){
neList.get(position).setInterested(true);
}
}
if(neList.get(position).isInterested() == true){
image.setImageResource(R.drawable.star);
}
label.setText(neList.get(position).getTitle());
return(row);
}
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
populateMenu(menu);
return(super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
return(applyMenuChoice(item) || super.onOptionsItemSelected(item));
}
//Creates our activity to menus
private void populateMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.add(Menu.NONE, ONE_ID, Menu.NONE, "Home");
}
private boolean applyMenuChoice(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case ONE_ID: startHome(); return(true);
}
return(false);
}
public void startHome() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, ECS.class);
this.startActivity(intent);
finish();
}
}
Race conditions, I’m making an HTTP Request and then handing it off to a handler, immediately following that I iterator through the array list, which at full speed is empty because the HTTP hasn’t completed. In debugging it all slows down so the HTTP is complete and all works well.
Threads and Network Connections, a deadly combination.