Question

Probably an easy question for you guys, but its my first attempt at creating a service that should run in the background when my app closes. My problem is: The service doesnt start when I click on my “start service” button. I don’t see any of the toast, and nothing in the logcat (no errors either). Thanks in advance!

Service class

public class MyService extends Service {
private static final String TAG = "MyService";

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
    return null;
}

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");

}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");

}

@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    Log.d(TAG, "onStart");

}
}

My main activity

public void startServiceClick(View v){

    Log.d("foo", "onClick: starting srvice");
    startService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));
}

public void stopServiceClick(View v){

    Log.d("foo", "onClick: stopping srvice");
    stopService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));
}

Manifest xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="se.johanberntsson.main"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/maps1"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
    <activity
        android:name=".LongitudeActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity android:name=".DebugActivity" />
    <activity android:name=".GoogleMapsActivity" />

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

</application>

</manifest>

Answer 1

this is suggestion as all else looking fine 

should call super in each function like super.onCreate();

as may be possible service is already started and try to stop and start again and check it toast appears ….

try

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