Android Question [SOLVED] how to detect if main app has been closed .

[John Decowski]

I have an app with a background service. I am using the service to play sound in background. Problem is, is when you close the app manually, the service keeps playing sound in background. I have the service set to start every 10s and audibly play sound every 10s. The service schedules itself every 10s so , when the main activity is closed the service still goes on rescheduling. and yes i have watched the app life cycle tutorial.

 

[Peter Simpson]

@John Decowski Have you tried something like this???

Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)
     CancelScheduledService(<Your Service Name>)
End Sub

 

[John Decowski]

@Peter Simpson that does work to kill the service but, I need to kill the service when the main activity is killed unexpectedly.
because i need the service to still run if the home button is pressed.

 

[mcqueccu]

Usually pressing back key twice should close the main activity and the app.

I have a radio streaming app which plays in the background with whena service you press the home button, but it has a notification icon which you can press to bring the main activity up and then close with back button.

 

[John Decowski]

my concern is when the user opens the task chooser and quits app, my service stays running using data and other resources. I want to be able to catch the quit and close out the service.

 

[Brandsum]

You can track from starter service.

Sub Service_TaskRemoved
    'This event will be raised when the user removes the app from the recent apps list.
    StopService(<your service>)
End Sub

 

[John Decowski]

You can track from starter service.

Sub Service_TaskRemoved
    'This event will be raised when the user removes the app from the recent apps list.
    StopService(<your service>)
End Sub

Thank you @Brandsum that is exactly what i was looking for! I've really never messed with services much and starter service either. Thank you!