ServiceConnection

Kotlin |Java

public interface ServiceConnection

android.content.ServiceConnection

Known indirect subclasses

MediaScannerConnection MediaScannerConnection provides a way for applications to pass a newly created or downloaded media file to the media scanner service.

Interface for monitoring the state of an application service. See Service and Context.bindService() for more information.

Like many callbacks from the system, the methods on this class are called from the main thread of your process.

Summary

Public methods
`default void`	`onBindingDied(ComponentName name)` Called when the binding to this connection is dead.
`default void`	`onNullBinding(ComponentName name)` Called when the service being bound has returned `null` from its `onBind()` method.
`abstract void`	`onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service)` Called when a connection to the Service has been established, with the `IBinder` of the communication channel to the Service.
`abstract void`	`onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name)` Called when a connection to the Service has been lost.

Public methods

onBindingDied

Added in API level 26

public void onBindingDied (ComponentName name)

Called when the binding to this connection is dead. This means the interface will never receive another connection. The application will need to unbind and rebind the connection to activate it again. This may happen, for example, if the application hosting the service it is bound to has been updated.

Note: The app that requested the binding must call Context.unbindService(ServiceConnection) to release the tracking resources associated with this ServiceConnection even if this callback wa