Broadcastreceiver components are not allowed to bind to services in android

Question

Here is what I am doing:

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        ConnectivityManager conn = (ConnectivityManager) context
            .getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo activeNetwork = conn.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    boolean isConnected = activeNetwork != null
            && activeNetwork.isConnectedOrConnecting();

    if (isConnected == true) {

        // initChatHub();
         Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, ChatService.class);
        Toast.makeText(context, "Connected", 1000).show();
        serviceIntent.putExtras(intent);
        context.startService(serviceIntent);
        context.bindService(serviceIntent, mServiceConnection,
                Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

    } else {
        Toast.makeText(context, "Disconnected", 1000).show();
    }
}

when network state change then application becomes crash when i data-connection off then there is no Error coming when data connection On then app becomes crash and this Exception coming please suggest me how to fix it.

Answer 1

See here Context.bindService :

Note: this method can not be called from a BroadcastReceiver component....

So, use BroadcastReceiver.peekService which return IBinder from running Service:

 Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, ChatService.class);
 context.startService(serviceIntent);
 if (isConnected == true) {
  IBinder binder = peekService(context, new Intent(context, ChatService.class));
  Toast.makeText(context, "Connected", 1000).show();
  if (binder != null){
    mChatService = ((LocalBinder) binder).getService();
        //.... other code here          
  }
}