Databases
StackOverflow2013
Postsdbo
POAndroid Service Unable to start intent & NullPointerException
 

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals
  1. POAndroid Service Unable to start intent & NullPointerException
    primarykey
    data
    text
    <p>I'm creating a background service (in its own process) and am having a lot of trouble getting it to work. I'm trying to launch it when the application starts, and I'm getting the unable to start service with intent error in the log. I've been going through forums, examples, (and google) and couldn't find what I'm doing wrong. </p> <p>Here is the error I'm getting:<br> E/AndroidRuntime(1398): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service com.test.alarms.AlarmService@41550cb0 with Intent { cmp=xxxx }: java.lang.NullPointerException </p> <p>In the activity I have: </p> <pre><code>startService(new Intent(AlarmService.class.getName())); </code></pre> <p>The service class is:</p> <pre><code>package com.test.alarms; public class AlarmService extends Service{ Context context; @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } @Override public void onCreate() { //code to execute when the service is first created } @Override public void onDestroy() { //code to execute when the service is shutting down } @Override public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) { //code to execute when the service is starting up Intent i = new Intent(context, StartActivity.class); PendingIntent detailsIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, i, 0); NotificationManager notificationSingleLine = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); Notification notificationDropText = new Notification(R.drawable.ic_launcher, "Alarm for...", System.currentTimeMillis()); CharSequence from = "Time for..."; CharSequence message = "Alarm Text"; notificationDropText.setLatestEventInfo(this, from, message, detailsIntent); notificationDropText.vibrate = new long[] { 100, 250, 100, 500}; notificationSingleLine.notify(0, notificationDropText); } </code></pre> <p>}</p> <p>The manifest file has: </p> <pre><code>&lt;service android:name=".AlarmService" android:process=":remote"&gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="com.test.alarms.AlarmService"/&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;/service&gt; </code></pre> <p>Thanks,</p>
    singulars
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PTQuestion
    1. USmgalal
    1. USmgalal
    plurals
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    2. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    1. VO
      singulars
      1. POAndroid Service Unable to start intent & NullPointerException
      1. USErika Nana
      1. VTFavorite
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
 

Querying!

 
Guidance
A row detail

Detail views are divided into sections. All the information in the data section comes from columns in the selected row. The other sections display data from other, related rows.

Related data can be related in a to-one or a to-many fashion. Captions of data related in a to-many fashion link to a list view showing a filtered view of the table.

Try moving around until you find a non-empty to-many entry and click on the label to get to one. You can move back to the root by clicking on the database name in the header.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload