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How to keep Android music background service running?

Asked by acilug in Handheld and PDA Programming, Open Source Programming

Tags: android service activity background

Hi all,

I have an android main activity which starts a service (class extending service).

The services onStart creates a Mediaplayer and starts playing an mp3 file.

Then when you click something in my main layout (from the main activity), I call startActivity to fire another screen. I would assume my music background service keeps running, however it finishes. How can I achieve my goal then?

Thanks,
acilug

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             Snippet from main class
 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.titlescreen);
 
        try {
           Intent svc = new Intent(this.getBaseContext(), BackgroundSoundService.class);
           startService(svc);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
           //Log.e(Global.TAG, "ui creation problem", e);
        }
        
        btnParty = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.ImageButton01);
        btnParty.setOnClickListener(new ImageButton.OnClickListener() {
        	public void onClick(View v) {
     
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(v.getContext(), PartyScreen1.class);
                //startActivityForResult(myIntent, 0);      
                startActivity(myIntent);
        	}
        });
 
 Snippet from Service
 
public class BackgroundSoundService extends Service {
 
	@Override
	public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return null;
	}
	
	@Override
	public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
		// TODO
        MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), R.raw.olddevil);
        mp.start();        
		
	}
	
	@Override
	public void onCreate() {
		super.onCreate();
	}
	
	@Override
	public void onDestroy() {
		System.out.println("I got destroyed now :(");
	}
	
	@Override
	public void onLowMemory() {
		System.out.println("I am on low memory :(");
	}
	
 
}

           
         

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How to keep Android music background service running?

Asked by acilug in Handheld and PDA Programming, Open Source Programming

Tags: android service activity background

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