Android service active even after unbind called

Asked Aug 01 '16 at 16:28

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In my android app, parent activity launch a service on a user action using

bindService(intent, mConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

In service I receive location updates(implementing LocationListener).

I also provide a STOP button on UI which enables user to kill the service.

unbindService(mConnection);

This action calls onDestroy() method of the service. What I observe is that even when I press STOP button(thus unbinding the service, and hence destroying it), onLocationChanged() is still getting called repeatedly.

How is it even possible when service has been unbinded, and destroyed?

asked Aug 01 '16 at 16:28

Mandroid

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you've probably missed unregistering the location listener in your service. – muratgu Aug 01 '16 at 16:31
ok...but if the listener object itself is destroyed then how can a method still be called on it? – Mandroid Aug 01 '16 at 16:35
onDestroy does not mean GC. if there is a thread running and referencing that object, it will hang around. – muratgu Aug 01 '16 at 16:37
I agree with your explanation. Thanks a lot. – Mandroid Aug 01 '16 at 16:42

Android service active even after unbind called

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