Re: [android-developers] Accessing local data in a bound service

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Ab Caballero <ahb3@mac.com> wrote:
> I am binding to a service to access GPS data. However I can't access
> the data directly because it is local to the LocationListener class. I
> have attempted to create a shared preference and access it that way:
>
> SharedPreferences prefs =
> getSharedPreferences(USER_SHARED_PREFERENCES, MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
> Editor editor = prefs.edit();
> long latitude = Math.round(loc.getLatitude());
> long longitude = Math.round(loc.getLongitude());
> editor.putLong(USER_LATITUDE, latitude).commit();
> editor.putLong(USER_LONGITUDE, longitude).commit();
>
> but the activity seems not to be able to access it and the
> documentation seems to indicate that shared preferences can only be
> used with activities. Is there a way for me to access this data once
> the service is bound?

Call a method on the Binder exposed by the service. That's the only
reason you bound to it in the first place -- otherwise, you probably
should not be using the binding pattern.

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