[android-developers] Re: Making a service invisible

that means i have to have the super user permissions .

and i have another probelm i am unable to stop this service from other
activity
this is code i wrote . this is not stopping the service

private void StopTheftServiceRunning() {
ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager)
getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager
.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {

Log.i("Theft Service ", "running services "
+ (service.service.getClassName()));
if ("com.pssl.thefttracker.TheftTrackerService"
.equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
try {
Log.i("Theft Service ", "inside if ");

if (stopService(new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
service.service.getClassName().getClass()))) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"Service Stopped ", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast
.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"Service can't be Stopped ",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.getMessage();
}
} else {
Log.i("Theft Service ", "inside else ");
}
}

}

i am getting the toast mesage in the else statemet of the
stopservice .

can u help me in getting this done
On Jun 10, 11:35 am, Marcin Orlowski <webnet.andr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> you cant (unless, perhaps you rooted).
> On Jun 10, 2011 7:32 AM, "kampy" <narasimha1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > i am making an mobile theft tracker application which indeed checks
> > the sim details on boot up of the device and if the details are same
> > the service stops and if not it will start sending messages to the
> > phone numbers stored . so i want hide the service from the running
> > services list can we make service not visible to the user or can we
> > stop permissions to stop the service from there for the user . Plz
> > help me i am stuck here i need to complete it .
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> > thanks in advance
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> > Narasimha
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