com.TwentyCodes.android.location
Class LocationService

java.lang.Object
  Service
      com.TwentyCodes.android.location.LocationService

public class LocationService
extends Service

this service class will be used broadcast the users location periodic

Author:

ricky barrette

Field Summary

static String	PERIOD_BETWEEN_UPDATES
static String	TAG

Constructor Summary

LocationService()

Method Summary

IBinder	onBind(Intent arg0) (non-Javadoc)
void	onCreate() called when the service is created.
void	onDestroy() called when the service is destroyed.
void	onLocationChanged(Location location) (non-Javadoc)
void	onProviderDisabled(String arg0) (non-Javadoc)
void	onProviderEnabled(String arg0) (non-Javadoc)
void	onStart(Intent intent, int startId) To keep backwards compatibility we override onStart which is the equivalent of onStartCommand in pre android 2.x
int	onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) This method is called when startService is called.
void	onStatusChanged(String arg0, int arg1, Bundle arg2) (non-Javadoc)
static Runnable	startService(Context context, long period) a convince method for starting the service.
static Runnable	stopService(Context context) a convince method for stopping the service

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TAG

public static final String TAG

See Also:

Constant Field Values

PERIOD_BETWEEN_UPDATES

public static final String PERIOD_BETWEEN_UPDATES

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

LocationService

public LocationService()

Method Detail

onCreate

public void onCreate()

called when the service is created. this will initialize the location manager, and acquire a wakelock (non-Javadoc)

See Also:

Service

onDestroy

public void onDestroy()

called when the service is destroyed. this will remove any wakelock or location service running, and register to be waken back up (non-Javadoc)

See Also:

Service

onLocationChanged

public void onLocationChanged(Location location)

(non-Javadoc)

Parameters:

location -

See Also:

LocationListener

onProviderDisabled

public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0)

(non-Javadoc)

Parameters:

arg0 -

See Also:

LocationListener

onProviderEnabled

public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0)

(non-Javadoc)

Parameters:

arg0 -

See Also:

LocationListener

onStart

public void onStart(Intent intent,
                    int startId)

To keep backwards compatibility we override onStart which is the equivalent of onStartCommand in pre android 2.x

onStartCommand

public int onStartCommand(Intent intent,
                          int flags,
                          int startId)

This method is called when startService is called. only used in 2.x android.

onStatusChanged

public void onStatusChanged(String arg0,
                            int arg1,
                            Bundle arg2)

(non-Javadoc)

Parameters:

arg0 -

arg1 -

arg2 -

See Also:

LocationListener

onBind

public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0)

(non-Javadoc)

Parameters:

arg0 -

Returns:

See Also:

Service

startService

public static Runnable startService(Context context,
                                    long period)

a convince method for starting the service. 1 minute = 60 000 milliseconds

Parameters:

context -

period - between updates in milliseconds

Returns:

a runnable that will start the service

stopService

public static Runnable stopService(Context context)

a convince method for stopping the service

Parameters:

context -

Returns:

a runnable that will stop the service