protected App ()
{
// starting a service like this is blocking, so we want to do it on a background thread
new Task ( () => {
// start our main service
Log.Debug (logTag, "Calling StartService");
Android.App.Application.Context.StartService (new Intent (Android.App.Application.Context, typeof(LocationService)));
// create a new service connection so we can get a binder to the service
this.locationServiceConnection = new LocationServiceConnection (null);
// this event will fire when the Service connectin in the OnServiceConnected call
this.locationServiceConnection.ServiceConnected += (object sender, ServiceConnectedEventArgs e) => {
Log.Debug (logTag, "Service Connected");
// we will use this event to notify MainActivity when to start updating the UI
this.LocationServiceConnected ( this, e );
};
// bind our service (Android goes and finds the running service by type, and puts a reference
// on the binder to that service)
// The Intent tells the OS where to find our Service (the Context) and the Type of Service
// we're looking for (LocationService)
Intent locationServiceIntent = new Intent (Android.App.Application.Context, typeof(LocationService));
Log.Debug (logTag, "Calling service binding");
// Finally, we can bind to the Service using our Intent and the ServiceConnection we
// created in a previous step.
Android.App.Application.Context.BindService (locationServiceIntent, locationServiceConnection, Bind.AutoCreate);
} ).Start ();
}
protected App()
{
//Create a new service connection so we can get a binder to the service
locationServiceConnection = new LocationServiceConnection(null);
//this event will fire when the Service connection in the OnServiceConnected call
locationServiceConnection.ServiceConnected += (object sender, ServiceConnectedEventArgs e) => {
Log.Debug(logTag, "Service Connected");
//We will use this event to notify MainActivity when to start updating the UI
this.LocationServiceConnected(this, e);
};
}
