Re: [android-developers] Creating a background running service to auto turn on/off auto sync when wifi is turned on/off

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Omkar <omkar.ghaisas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>    I want to create a background running service which will get auto
> triggered and then set background data and sync property on / off
> automatically when wifi is set on / off.
>
> So basically I need a no UI service which will set background data and
> sync properties on / off depending on whether Wifi is turned on / off.
> The service need not be constantly running / started at boot time, if
> there are other alternatives to starting the same.
>
> Pls guide, if this is possible in Android (specifically Froyo and and
> above) and basic steps to do so.

I did something like this using "on device-added-*" and "on
device-removed-*" triggers in init.rc.

In init.rc -->

service xyz /system/bin/xyz
disabled

on device-added-/dev/<wlan_dev_node>
xyz start

on device-removed-/dev/<wlan_dev_node>
xyz stop

Regards,
Amit Pundir

>
> Thanks
> Omkar
>
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