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If we want a working music player,
we'll need a way to call the music

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playback methods in our service,
when we tap buttons in our activity.

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So how can we pass our
service to our activity?

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Let's start in main activity and
talk about what we'll need to be coding.

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First, we should decide where in our
activity to buy into the service and

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where to unbind.

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Users are only able to interact with
our app when it's in the foreground.

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So we could probably get away
with binding an onResume and

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unbinding an onPause, but that could be
a lot of binding just for a little pop up.

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Instead, we'll do the binding and
onStart and unbinding in onStop.

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This way if our app is visible,
we'll be bound to our service and

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able to use our music player.

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We could also bind an onCreate an unbind
and onDestroy either one works.

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All right let's get started.

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At the bottom of main activity,
let's add some space and

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override the onStart method.

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Control O onStart and
make sure to pick the right one.

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While we're at it, let's also override
the onStop method below onStart.

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When we bind it to a service,
we use the bind a service method,

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and just like the start service method,
it takes an intent.

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Back onStart, below the call to super,
let's create an intent for

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our player service class, intent, intent

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equals new intent pass in the context

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using the this keyword and
pass end play service dot class.

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On the next line, let's bind to
our service by typing bindService.

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And note that we need three arguments.

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The intent for our service, something
called a ServiceConnection, and any flags.

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Let's pass and our intent for the first
parameter skip the ServiceConnection for

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now and
pass in context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE for

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the third parameter, to have our service
automatically created when we bind to it.

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Okay, let's get back to
that service connection.

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Binding and
unbinding don't happen immediately.

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The service connection is
what we used to tell us,

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when we're successfully connected and
also when we've been disconnected.

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When we call bindService, Android starts
building a connection between our activity

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and our service and when that
connection is finally established,

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Android will call the onService connected
method of our service connection that we

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provide as a parameter And if we ever
get disconnected from our service

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Android will let us know why calling
the onServiceDisconnected method.

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In addition to binding, we'll also need
to use our service connection when we

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unbind and the onStop method.

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So if we need our service connection and
onStart and

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onStop, we'll need to
create it as a field.

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At the top of our class below our buttons,
let's add a field for

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our service connection,
private ServiceConnection,

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mService connection.

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We still need to override
the onService connected and

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the onService disconnected methods
of our service connection.

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We could create our own class that
implements service connection,

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override those two methods, and
then create a new instance of that class

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Or we could just use an anonymous class.

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If you've never used anonymous
classes before, you're lying.

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There's one right here.

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An anonymous class is pretty much
just a way to extend a class

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without having to create
a whole new class.

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It's a way for
us to add functionality to an object

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without needing to create
a new type of object.

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Let's set our ServiceConnection to be = to
a new anonymous ServiceConnection class.

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So = new ServiceConnection.

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Hit enter and there we go.

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Back in the on start method let's pass
on our new ServiceConnection field as

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the second parameter to bind service.

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And an onStop below the call to super,
let's call the unbindService method.

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And, as promised,
it takes a service connection parameter.

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Let's pass that in.

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We're almost done.

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But unfortunately, unbindService can throw
an error if the service isn't bound.

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One way this can happen is if
our call to bind the service

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wasn't successful in the first place.

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If we didn't bind to our service,
how can we expect to unbind from it?

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We'll fix this by adding a boolean
field named mBound to track whether or

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not we are bound to the service.

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Below our key declaration, Let's

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add this new field private boolean mBound.

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And let's set it = false.

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Now, we need to update our inbound
variable when our service is bound and

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when it's unbound.

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But how can we tell when
our service is bound.

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That's right!

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The onServiceConnected method
of our service connection.

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And when our services unbound or

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disconnected, the onServiceDisconnected
method will be called.

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So when onServiceConnected,
let set mBound = to true and

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then onServiceDisconnected Let's
set mBound equal to false.

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Last but not least,
let's make sure we're only calling

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unbind service if our
service is actually bound, so

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if mBound And
add the other bracket at the bottom.

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Then right below onbindService,
let's set mBound to false.

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On service disconnected is only called
when something unexpected happens.

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So calling unbind a service won't result
in a call to on service disconnected,

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which is why we're responsible for

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updating mBound after
calling unbind service.

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We're almost done binding to our service.

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Can you hear the music yet,
me neither, but

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I think we might hear
some in this next video.