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Android Threads and Services Bound Services Binding to a Service

Hay Abadi
Hay Abadi
2,625 Points
Posted by Hay Abadi
Hay Abadi
2,625 Points

copailer ERROR when creating onStart and onStop.

hey, i have copiler error when i tried to override the onStart and onStop Methods. this is the error: "

./MainActivity.java:47: error: reached end of file while parsing } ^

./MainActivity.java:32: error: onStart() in MainActivity cannot override onStart() in Activity protected void onStart() { ^

attempting to assign weaker access privileges; was public ./MainActivity.java:39: error: onStop() in MainActivity cannot override onStop() in Activity protected void onStop() { ^

attempting to assign weaker access privileges; was public 3 errors"

this is the MainActivity: 

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  int latitude;
  int longitude;
  private boolean mBound = false;

  private ServiceConnection serviceConnection = new ServiceConnection(){
     @Override
    public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service){
      mBound = true; 
    }
     @Override
    public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name){
      mBound = false; 
    }
  };
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

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

      }
    });
    } 

   @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
         Intent intent = new Intent(this,GeolocationService.class);
       bindService(intent,serviceConnection,Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
    }

   @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
      if(mBound){
      unbindService(serviceConnection);
        mBound = false;
    }

}
GeolocationService.java 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  int latitude;
  int longitude;
  private boolean mBound = false;

  private ServiceConnection serviceConnection = new ServiceConnection(){
     @Override
    public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service){
      mBound = true; 
    }
     @Override
    public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name){
      mBound = false; 
    }
  };


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

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

      }
    });
    } 
    @Override
     protected void onStart(){
       super.onStart();
       Intent intent = new Intent(this,GeolocationService.class);
       bindService(intent,serviceConnection,Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
    }
    @Override
    protected void onStop(){
      super.onStop();
      if(mBound){
      unbindService(serviceConnection);
        mBound = false;
      }
    }

}
MainActivity.java 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  int latitude;
  int longitude;

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

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

      }
    });
  } 
}

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Change protected to public. Also, mBound should be isBound. I also had to get rid of the private modifier when defining isBound.