Android - Stop A Service From A Different Class

In the application i'm making I want to start an intent in one activity Intent toonService = new Intent(Login.this, ToonService.class); toonService.putExtra('toonName', result.getN

Solution 1:

Well, assuming you only want one instance of this service running at once you could hold a static variable in the service class and access it from anywhere. Example;

publicclassToonServiceextendsService{

    publicstatic ToonService toonService;

    publicToonService(){
        toonService = this;
    }
    ...

}

The constructor for ToonService now stores the created instance in the static variable toonService. Now you can access that service from anywhere from the class. Example below;

ToonService.toonService.stopSelf();

You could also handle multiple instances by having the class store a static List of running instances, rather than just the single instance. It is worth noting, that when you tell a service to stop, you are only requesting that it is stopped. Ultimately the Android OS will determine when it is closed.

Solution 2:

Definitely you can close the service from another activity.

Method-1: Do the following steps 1. Write a method in Activity 1 that returns that activity reference. 2. Write a method in Activity 1 that closes the service. 3. In Activity2 call the first method and get the reference. Using that reference call the second method

1.privatestatic Context context=this;
   publicstatic  Context getContext(){
        return context;
   }

2.publicvoidstop(){
       //stop the service here
   }

3.  In activity 2
     Activity context=Activity1.getContext();
     context.stop();

Method 2: follow the following steps.

1. Write a BroadcastReceiver as an inner class in Activity1 . In onReceive() stop the service.
2. Broadcast the intent from the second Activity.