com.TwentyCodes.android.SkyHook
Class SkyHookService

java.lang.Object
  Service
      com.TwentyCodes.android.SkyHook.SkyHookService

public class SkyHookService
extends Service

this will be a service that will retrieve periodic updates on the users location

Author:

Ricky Barrette

Field Summary

static String	PERIOD_BETWEEN_UPDATES
static String	TAG

Constructor Summary

SkyHookService()

Method Summary

Location	convertLocation() converts skyhook's location object into android's location object
IBinder	onBind(Intent arg0) (non-Javadoc)
void	onCreate()
void	onDestroy() aborts location services (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.
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

PERIOD_BETWEEN_UPDATES

public static final String PERIOD_BETWEEN_UPDATES

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Constant Field Values

TAG

public static final String TAG

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SkyHookService

public SkyHookService()

Method Detail

convertLocation

public Location convertLocation()

converts skyhook's location object into android's location object

Returns:

converted location

onBind

public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0)

(non-Javadoc)

Parameters:

arg0 -

Returns:

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Service

onCreate

public void onCreate()

onDestroy

public void onDestroy()

aborts location services (non-Javadoc)

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Service

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.

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