Android examples for android.app:Service
start Service by service class
import android.app.Activity; import android.app.ActivityManager; import android.app.ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.view.View; public class Main{ private static final String TAG = PublicUtils.class.getSimpleName(); //w ww . j a va 2 s.co m public static void startService(Activity act, Class<? extends Service> serviceClass) { if (!isServiceRunning(act, serviceClass)) { Logger.d(TAG, serviceClass.getName() + " is not running"); act.startService(new Intent(act, serviceClass)); } else { Logger.d(TAG, serviceClass.getName() + " is running"); } } public static boolean isServiceRunning(Activity act, Class<? extends Service> serviceClass) { ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) act .getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE); for (RunningServiceInfo rsinfo : manager .getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) { if (serviceClass.getName() .equals(rsinfo.service.getClassName())) { return true; } } return false; } }