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Android Threads and Services Introducing Services Creating a Service

can some one please please , i cant get it, i dont know why now, the videos say this the task asks the opposite, help me

Challenge Task 2 of 3 Then override 'onStartCommand', and when started send a Message to your Thread's Handler to tell it to start updating!

TwitterService.java
public class TwitterService extends Service {
  TwitterClient twitterClient = new TwitterClient();    
  private TwitterHandler twitterHandler;
  @Override
  public void onCreate () {
    TwitterThread twitterThread = new TwitterThread ();
    twitterThread.start();

    twitterHandler = twitterThread.twitterHandler;
  }

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

  }


  @Override
 public int onStartCommand (Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {

    Message message = Message.obtain();
    twitterThread.sendMessage (message);
    return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;

  }

  class TwitterThread extends Thread {
    TwitterHandler twitterHandler;
    @Override
    public void run() {
      Looper.prepare();
      twitterHandler = new TwitterHandler();
      Looper.loop();
    }
  }    

  class TwitterHandler extends Handler {
    @Override
    public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
      twitterClient.update();
    }
  }
}
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  Button button;   

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.update_button);
    button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v){

      }
    });
  }
}

yours: return START_REDELIVER_INTENT; try return Service.START_REDELIVER_INTENT;

OKAY THANK YOU GLEN, let me try it, waita hako

1 Answer

thank you for the response, but i am totally failling this task, cant figure it out, can you walk me me through, or maybe some how if you can help me get hold of the teacher maybe that can help, i am running out of time, where is ben deitch in this, very frustrated now, i signed up to be taught not to be confused,