Why does the Android GoogleApiClient ActivityRecognitionApi still send PendingIntents after the instantiating service is killed?

Question

Confusingly, the FusedLocationProviderApi stops sending intents.

A bit more detail: I have an Android service that builds a GoogleApiClient.

mClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
        .addApi(LocationServices.API)
        .addApi(ActivityRecognition.API)
        .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
        .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
        .build();
mClient.connect();

Once connected, I request location updates using:

// Set up periodic location updates
Intent locationIntent = new Intent(this, LocationReceiver.class);
mLocationPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
    this,
    0,
    locationIntent,
    PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
mFusedLocationProviderApi.requestLocationUpdates(
    mClient,
    mLocationRequest,
    mLocationPendingIntent);

And I request activities detected using:

// Set up activity recognition
Intent activityRecognizedIntent = new Intent(
    this,
    ActivityRecognizedReceiver.class);
mActivityRecognizedPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
    this,
    0,
    activityRecognizedIntent,
    PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
mActivityRecognitionApi.requestActivityUpdates(
    mClient,
    ACTIVITY_DETECTION_INTERVAL,
    mActivityRecognizedPendingIntent);

When the service is killed by the OS, for example when I push a new version of the app to my phone, the ActivityRecognizedReceiver continues to receive updates! How can I stop that from happening? Why does the LocationReceiver stop receiving updates?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '15 at 06:55

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You need to remove location update request, for example :

LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.removeLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient,
                    getPendingIntent(context));

answered May 29 '15 at 06:55

james

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Thank you a lot, I tried stopping the IntentService itself, didn't know you have to actually unregister it in the GoogleApiClient – Big_Chair Sep 01 '15 at 18:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '15 at 06:01

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The apps must be still running.unless you kill it with some app it wont stop. better try killing in the settings.

if you wanna stop it programmatically

in the onPause method stop receiving updates

and in onResume method once again start receiving updates.

answered Apr 27 '15 at 06:01

Prasanth Perumal

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There are no onPause or onResume methods in services. – Keith Carter Apr 27 '15 at 14:39
The use of Services is for indefinite runtime ability unless u stop it yourself then it will keep on running ..you can stop it using stopself or stopservice. – Prasanth Perumal Apr 28 '15 at 04:18
search for a point in your code where it will be suitable to stop the service. – Prasanth Perumal Apr 28 '15 at 04:19

Why does the Android GoogleApiClient ActivityRecognitionApi still send PendingIntents after the instantiating service is killed?

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