android service question

Question

Hello,

I have a class, MyService. This is my Android service. I wanna generate two random numbers, and this service should return the sum of these numbers. How can i do that? So , i should generate the numbers in

 public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {
  //Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  // here i generate the numbers (random) and i compute the sum , nr1+nr2.

 }

Then, how can i return the result to the main activity, and display the sum of the numbers as an alert (for example), or in an edit box when a button is pressed? So, in the main class i have

    public void onClick(View src) {
  switch (src.getId()) {
                //start the service
  case R.id.buttonStart: 
   Log.d(TAG, "onClick: starting srvice");
   startService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));
   break;
  case R.id.buttonStop:
   Log.d(TAG, "onClick: stopping srvice");
   stopService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));
   break;
  }

The question is how/where can i return the result of that service (that nr1+nr2), and how should i display the result?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Please refer to this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2468874/how-can-i-update-information-in-an-android-activity-from-a-background-service