Скачать или смотреть Xamarin Android S4E1 : Service - Start and Stop

This is a xamarin android service tutorial and example. We see how to start and stop services.

SOURCE CODE REFERENCE : http://camposha.info/xamarin/service

A service is an android component that allows us implement long running operations. There are two examples of service, a service with user input and a service without user input.

Services, however run in the main thread so we have to implement a thread even in the service if we are doing intensive tasks.

You should use a service when you want to implement long running background operations.

For instance if you want to synchronize data in the background, a Service would be a perfect candidate.

In that type of task you can create a service that runs periodically or as needed. You can make use of a system alarm.

Then your service can terminate when the task is over.

Here's how you create a service:
[Service]
class GreeterService : Service
{
public override IBinder OnBind(Intent intent)
{
return null;
}
}

Then we can start the service or stop it:
public void StartGreeterService()
{
Intent myIntent=new Intent(this,typeof(GreeterService));
this.StartService(myIntent);
}
public void StopGreeterService()
{
Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, typeof(GreeterService));
this.StopService(myIntent);
}

In this example we look at how to create a simple service in xamarin android. We then start and stop the service using a checkbox.

Let's go.