Services Demo

This is an Android demo for services and notifications including:

• Using an IntentService
• Communicating between IntentService and Activity using ResultReceiver
• Using AlarmManager
• Downloading Image Asynchronously with ImageDownloadService

     

Read more in our cliffnotes at Services and Notifications guides and check out the source!

Use Cases

Simple IntentService

• Use case #1: Demo a simple intent service, sleep, then toast using ResultReceiver
• Use case #2: Demo a simple intent service, sleep, then display in Notification Center (first builder example)
• Use case #3: Upon clicking on a notification, go to a particular activity and display the notification information

ImageDownloadService

• Use case #4: Demo a long download with a 10 second sleep. Close the app, display in Notification Center when done.
• Use case #5: Show the downloaded image in the expansion view within notification.

AlarmManager for Simple IntentService

• Use case #6: An AlarmManager fires a message that will be displayed in Notification Center
• Use case #7: Demonstrated “stacked notifications” in a repeating alarm that updates the existing notification.