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Android APIs
public class

ServiceInfo

extends ComponentInfo
implements Parcelable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo
     ↳ android.content.pm.ComponentInfo
       ↳ android.content.pm.ServiceInfo

Class Overview

Information you can retrieve about a particular application service. This corresponds to information collected from the AndroidManifest.xml's <service> tags.

Summary

Constants
int FLAG_ISOLATED_PROCESS Bit in flags : If set, the service will run in its own isolated process.
int FLAG_SINGLE_USER Bit in flags : If set, a single instance of the service will run for all users on the device.
int FLAG_STOP_WITH_TASK Bit in flags : If set, the service will automatically be stopped by the system if the user removes a task that is rooted in one of the application's activities.
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Inherited Constants
From interface android.os.Parcelable
Fields
public static final Creator < ServiceInfo > CREATOR
public int flags Options that have been set in the service declaration in the manifest.
public String permission Optional name of a permission required to be able to access this Service.
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Inherited Fields
From class android.content.pm.ComponentInfo
From class android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo
Public Constructors
ServiceInfo ()
ServiceInfo ( ServiceInfo orig)
Public Methods
int describeContents ()
Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.
void dump ( Printer pw, String prefix)
String toString ()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
void writeToParcel ( Parcel dest, int parcelableFlags)
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Inherited Methods
From class android.content.pm.ComponentInfo
From class android.content.pm.PackageItemInfo
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.os.Parcelable

Constants

public static final int FLAG_ISOLATED_PROCESS

Bit in flags : If set, the service will run in its own isolated process. Set from the isolatedProcess attribute.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

public static final int FLAG_SINGLE_USER

Bit in flags : If set, a single instance of the service will run for all users on the device. Set from the singleUser attribute.

Constant Value: 1073741824 (0x40000000)

public static final int FLAG_STOP_WITH_TASK

Bit in flags : If set, the service will automatically be stopped by the system if the user removes a task that is rooted in one of the application's activities. Set from the stopWithTask attribute.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

Fields

public static final Creator < ServiceInfo > CREATOR

Added in API level 1

public int flags

Options that have been set in the service declaration in the manifest. These include: FLAG_STOP_WITH_TASK , FLAG_ISOLATED_PROCESS , FLAG_SINGLE_USER .

public String permission

Added in API level 1

Optional name of a permission required to be able to access this Service. From the "permission" attribute.

Public Constructors

public ServiceInfo ()

Added in API level 1

public ServiceInfo ( ServiceInfo orig)

Added in API level 1

Public Methods

public int describeContents ()

Added in API level 1

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.

Returns
  • a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshalled by the Parcelable.

public void dump ( Printer pw, String prefix)

Added in API level 5

public String toString ()

Added in API level 1

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data. The default implementation is equivalent to the following expression:

          getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
         

See Writing a useful toString method if you intend implementing your own toString method.

Returns
  • a printable representation of this object.

public void writeToParcel ( Parcel dest, int parcelableFlags)

Added in API level 1