How to Stop a Service in Android when the application is not running.

Question

I have Started my service in one of my main activity class.The problem is that when my application is not running I want to Stop my service.How can i implement this.Is there any option to stop it without stopping it using any button click or other click events of the control.

Also is there any way to indicate the service is running or not while my application is running

Answer 1

Simply by firing an Intent like this:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, Your_service.class);

Just add this block of code where you have stop your service:

stopService(intent);

Update:

add this method to each and every activity of your application

public boolean onKeyDown(int key, KeyEvent event)
{
  switch(key.getAction())
  {
      case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HOME :
         Intent intent = new Intent(this, Your_service.class);
         stopService(intent);
         break;
  }

  return true;
}

Answer 2

Using intent you can stop the service.

Intent intentStartervice = new Intent(context, MyService.class);
stopService(intentStartService);

or

just pass the Context.

context.stopService(new Intent(context, MyService.class));