In Android, How can I avoid the onStart method from being deprecated?

Question

I am having a problem with setting the onStart method in my app. It always has a strikethrough, saying "This method was deprecated in API level 5. I need onStart, not onStartCommand.

How can I resolve this?

MyNotificationService.java

    import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.IBinder; import android.widget.Toast;  public class MyNotificationService extends Service {      @Override     public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         return null;     }      @Override     public void onCreate() {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         super.onCreate();         Toast.makeText(this, "OnCreate()", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();     }      @Override     public void onDestroy() {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         super.onDestroy();         Toast.makeText(this, "OnDestroy()", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();     }      @Override     @Deprecated     public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         super.onStart(intent, startId);     }    } 

Reminder_2.java

import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.view.Window; import android.widget.DatePicker; import android.widget.ImageButton;  public class Reminder_2 extends Activity { String message; DatePicker datepicker;     @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_reminder_2);         datepicker=(DatePicker)findViewById(R.id.datePicker1);         Home();         Next();         Save();     }     private void Next() {         final MediaPlayer button_tone = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.button_sound);         ImageButton Button = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.imageButton1);         View.OnClickListener myListener = new View.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(View v) {                     button_tone.start();                     finish();             }         };          Button.setOnClickListener(myListener);     }     private void Save() {         final MediaPlayer button_tone = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.button_sound);         ImageButton Button = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.imageButton3);         View.OnClickListener myListener = new View.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(View v) {                     button_tone.start();                     Intent intent = new Intent();                     intent.setClass(getApplicationContext(), MyNotificationService.class);                     startService(intent);             }         };          Button.setOnClickListener(myListener);     }     private void Home() {         final MediaPlayer button_tone = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.button_sound);         ImageButton Button = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.imageButton2);         View.OnClickListener myListener = new View.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(View v) {                 button_tone.start();                 Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);                 intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);                 startActivity(intent);             }         };          Button.setOnClickListener(myListener);     }     @Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {         // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.         getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.reminder, menu);         return true;     }  } 

Answer 1

You can use like this with onStartCommand().

package htin.linnzaw.service;  import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.os.IBinder; import android.widget.Toast;  public class MyService extends Service {     private MediaPlayer mediaplayer;     public MyService()     {      }      @Override     public IBinder onBind(Intent intent)     {         // TODO: Return the communication channel to the service.         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");     }      @Override     public void onCreate()     {         Toast.makeText(this, "Service created", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();         mediaplayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.eventually);         mediaplayer.setLooping(false);     }      @Override     public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startid)     {         Toast.makeText(this, "Service  Started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();         mediaplayer.start();         return startid;     }      @Override     public void onDestroy()     {         Toast.makeText(this, "Service stopped", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();         mediaplayer.stop();     } } 

Answer 2

Use onStartCommand().

It you want to know more about how they change it, refer to google documentation like below.

// This is the old onStart method that will be called on the pre-2.0 // platform.  On 2.0 or later we override onStartCommand() so this // method will not be called. @Override public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {     handleStart(intent, startId); }  @Override public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {     handleStart(intent, startId);     return START_NOT_STICKY; }