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

Posted by sean tatenda jack
sean tatenda jack
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The goal is to call 'setCoordinates(int lat, int long)' inside MainActivity using the coordinates provided by Geolocati

can someone help me populate mServiceMessenger in main activity

The goal is to call 'setCoordinates(int lat, int long)' inside MainActivity using the coordinates provided by GeolocationService. This is broken down into four steps, but if you'd like to try it all at once without hints, switch to 'Difficulty.java' and set

MainActivity.java 
// some methods omitted
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    Boolean isBound = false;
    Messenger mServiceMessenger;

    ServiceConnection mServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
      @Override  
      public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder binder) {
        isBound = true;
        mServiceMessenger = new Messenger(binder);
        Message message = Message.obtain();
        message.arg1 = 2;

      }

      @Override
      public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
        isBound = false;
      }
    };
}
GeolocationService.java 
// some methods omitted
public class GeolocationService extends Service {
    int mLatitude;
    int mLongitude;
    Messenger mMessenger = new Messenger(new LocationHandler());

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
      return mMessenger.getBinder();
    }

   class LocationHandler extends Handler {
      @Override
      public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
        mLatitude = getLatitude();
        mLongitude = getLongitude();
      }
    }
}
Difficulty.java 
  public class Difficulty {
    public static Boolean HARDMODE = true;    
  }