Question

I’ve created a class that extends Application.
This class starts a service when the application is loaded.
This service is running a thread in a loop, and need to update the application global variable throw the getter\setter method in this class:

public class AppLoader extends Application {
    private boolean isInternetOn, isGpsOn, isThereActivityRunning;
    private String results;

    public String getResults() {
        return results;
    }

    public void setResults(String results)  { }

    public boolean getIsInternetOn() {
        return isInternetOn;
    } 

    public void setIsInternetOn(boolean state) {
        this.isInternetOn = state;  
    }

    public boolean getIsGpsOn() {
        return isGpsOn;
    }

    public void setIsGpsOn(boolean state) {
        this.isGpsOn = state;   
    }

    public void onCreate() {
       super.onCreate();
       final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SYNC, null, this, ServerConnection.class);
       startService(intent);
       Log.d("ServiceStart", "ServerConnection.java Service has been started");
    }
}

I want to use the getter setter methods inside the thread and I couldn’t understand how to do it.

Help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to have a Handler that you can send messages to. This is a very easy way to communicate across threads.