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foreground_services
class EndlessService : Service() {
private var wakeLock: PowerManager.WakeLock? = null
private var isServiceStarted = false
override fun onBind(intent: Intent): IBinder? {
log("Some component want to bind with the service")
// We don't provide binding, so return null
return null
}
override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
log("onStartCommand executed with startId: $startId")
if (intent != null) {
val action = intent.action
log("using an intent with action $action")
when (action) {
Actions.START.name -> startService()
Actions.STOP.name -> stopService()
else -> log("This should never happen. No action in the received intent")
}
} else {
log(
"with a null intent. It has been probably restarted by the system."
)
}
// by returning this we make sure the service is restarted if the system kills the service
return START_STICKY
}
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
log("The service has been created".toUpperCase())
var notification = createNotification()
startForeground(1, notification)
}
override fun onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy()
log("The service has been destroyed".toUpperCase())
Toast.makeText(this, "Service destroyed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
private fun startService() {
if (isServiceStarted) return
log("Starting the foreground service task")
Toast.makeText(this, "Service starting its task", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
isServiceStarted = true
setServiceState(this, ServiceState.STARTED)
// we need this lock so our service gets not affected by Doze Mode
wakeLock =
(getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE) as PowerManager).run {
newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "EndlessService::lock").apply {
acquire()
}
}
// we're starting a loop in a coroutine
GlobalScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
while (isServiceStarted) {
launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
pingFakeServer()
}
delay(1 * 60 * 1000)
}
log("End of the loop for the service")
}
}
private fun stopService() {
log("Stopping the foreground service")
Toast.makeText(this, "Service stopping", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
try {
wakeLock?.let {
if (it.isHeld) {
it.release()
}
}
stopForeground(true)
stopSelf()
} catch (e: Exception) {
log("Service stopped without being started: ${e.message}")
}
isServiceStarted = false
setServiceState(this, ServiceState.STOPPED)
}
private fun pingFakeServer() {
val df = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.mmmZ")
val gmtTime = df.format(Date())
val deviceId = Settings.Secure.getString(applicationContext.contentResolver, Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID)
val json =
"""
{
"deviceId": "$deviceId",
"createdAt": "$gmtTime"
}
"""
try {
Fuel.post("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts")
.jsonBody(json)
.response { _, _, result ->
val (bytes, error) = result
if (bytes != null) {
log("[response bytes] ${String(bytes)}")
} else {
log("[response error] ${error?.message}")
}
}
} catch (e: Exception) {
log("Error making the request: ${e.message}")
}
}
private fun createNotification(): Notification {
val notificationChannelId = "ENDLESS SERVICE CHANNEL"
// depending on the Android API that we're dealing with we will have
// to use a specific method to create the notification
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
val notificationManager = getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager;
val channel = NotificationChannel(
notificationChannelId,
"Endless Service notifications channel",
NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH
).let {
it.description = "Endless Service channel"
it.enableLights(true)
it.lightColor = Color.RED
it.enableVibration(true)
it.vibrationPattern = longArrayOf(100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 400, 300, 200, 400)
it
}
notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel)
}
val pendingIntent: PendingIntent = Intent(this, MainActivity::class.java).let { notificationIntent ->
PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0)
}
val builder: Notification.Builder = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) Notification.Builder(
this,
notificationChannelId
) else Notification.Builder(this)
return builder
.setContentTitle("Endless Service")
.setContentText("This is your favorite endless service working")
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
.setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
.setTicker("Ticker text")
.setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_HIGH) // for under android 26 compatibility
.build()
}
}
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