How to call stopservice() method of Service class from the calling activity class

Question

I am trying to call my service class's stopService() method from my activity. But I dont know how to access stopservice method from my activity class. I have the below code but its not working...........

This is HomeScreen class:

 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);          enablecheck = (CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.enablecheck);                      enablecheck.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener()         {             @Override             public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {                 // TODO Auto-generated method stub                 if(enablecheck.isChecked()){                         startService(new Intent(HomeScreen.this, AutoService.class));                 }else                 {                     stopService(new Intent(HomeScreen.this, AutoService.class));                  }                                    }          });      } 

This is Service Class: 

public class AutoService extends Service {      private static final String TAG = "AutoService";     private Timer timer;         private TimerTask task;      @Override     public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {         return null;     }      @Override     public void onCreate() {         Toast.makeText(this, "Auto Service Created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();         Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");               int delay = 5000; // delay for 5 sec.         int period = 5000; // repeat every sec.          timer = new Timer();          timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task = new TimerTask(){             public void run()              {                 System.out.println("done");             }            }, delay, period);       }       @Override     public boolean stopService(Intent name) {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         timer.cancel();         task.cancel();         return super.stopService(name);      }   } 

Any suggestion highly appreciable. Thanks and Regards Mintu

Answer 1

In fact to stopping the service we must use the method stopService() and you are doing in right way:

Start service:

  Intent myService = new Intent(MainActivity.this, BackgroundSoundService.class);   startService(myService); 

Stop service:

  Intent myService = new Intent(MainActivity.this, BackgroundSoundService.class);   stopService(myService); 

if you call stopService(), then the method onDestroy() in the service is called (NOT the stopService() method):

  @Override     public void onDestroy() {       timer.cancel();       task.cancel();             Log.i(TAG, "onCreate() , service stopped...");     } 

you must implement the onDestroy() method!.

Here is a complete example including how to start/stop the service.