How to pass data from activity to service

Pass data from activity to service

In activity:

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Intent myIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, MyService.class);      Bundle bundle = new Bundle(); bundle.putCharSequence("extraData", data); myIntent.putExtras(bundle);      pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(MainActivity.this, 0, myIntent, 0);

Basically, it's similar to that in "Pass data between activity".

In service side, there are no getIntent().getExtras() in Service class. We can handle it in onStart() call-back method, intent will be passed as parameter.

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public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {  // TODO Auto-generated method stub  super.onStart(intent, startId);     Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();  data = (String) bundle.getCharSequence("extraData");  smsTextToSend = (String) bundle.getCharSequence("extraSmsText");  ... }

source: Android Coding