So I am developing a eye-tracking app in android based on OpenCV for educational purposes, to learn the OpenCV tools and Android.
The Eye-tracking works great as a activity but I am now trying to make it work as a service but it does not work.
I have put a alert signal in the program so when it does not find the eyes, it gives a alarm. I use this alarm as a testing tool to know if the eye-tracking works in the background, as a service or not.
The eye-tracking code can be found here: https://github.com/eranws/viewFinder/blob/master/src/org/opencv/samples/facedetect/FdActivity.java
Question: How can I make this Eye-tracking activity to work as a service? I have tried the usual way, changing activity to a service, according to developer.android.com. But it does not work. Is there another way to make it a service? Perhaps there exits multiple way to do so.
