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Android Threads and Services But Wait There's More! Messengers and Handlers: Activity

Navrozbek Akhmedov
Navrozbek Akhmedov
1,106 Points
Posted by Navrozbek Akhmedov
Navrozbek Akhmedov
1,106 Points

How to call setCoordinates(int lat, int long) from within MainActivity?

Please help, thanks in advance

MainActivity.java 
// some methods omitted
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    Boolean isBound = false;
    Messenger mServiceMessenger;
    Messenger mActivityMessenger = new Messenger(new ActivityHandler());

    ServiceConnection mServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
      @Override  
      public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder binder) {
        isBound = true;
        mServiceMessenger = new Messenger(binder);
        Message message = Message.obtain();
        message.replyTo = mActivityMessenger;
        mServiceMessenger.send(message);
      }

      @Override
      public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
        isBound = false;
      }
    };
    class ActivityHandler extends Handler {
      @Override
      public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

      }    
    }
}
GeolocationService.java 
public class GeolocationService extends Service {
    int mLatitude;
    int mLongitude;
    Messenger mMessenger = new Messenger(new LocationHandler());

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
      return mMessenger.getBinder();
    }
    void setCoordinates(int lat, int longitude) {
        mLatitude = lat;
        mLongitude = longitude;
    }

   class LocationHandler extends Handler {
      @Override
      public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
          mLatitude = getLatitude();
          mLongitude = getLongitude();
          Message message = Message.obtain();
          message.arg1 = mLatitude;
          message.arg2 = mLongitude;
          msg.replyTo.send(message);
          setCoordinates(mLatitude, mLongitude);
      }
   }

}
Difficulty.java 
  public class Difficulty {
    public static Boolean HARDMODE = false;    
  }