How to test on 1.5 AVD with onstartcommand

Question

Hi All!

This is what we can read in the Service reference page here:

If you need your application to run on platform versions prior to API level 5, you can use the following model to handle the older onStart(Intent, int) callback in that case. The handleCommand method is implemented by you as appropriate:

// This is the old onStart method that will be called on the pre-2.0
// platform.  On 2.0 or later we override onStartCommand() so this
// method will not be called.
@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
    handleCommand(intent);
}

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    handleCommand(intent);
    // We want this service to continue running until it is explicitly
    // stopped, so return sticky.
    return START_STICKY;
}

This works perfectly for my 2.1 AVD.

But how can I test this in my 1.5 AVD as it gives me logical compilation errors.

Answer 1

I just tested this out, it should run as described. You have to compile your project against an Android version higher than API level 5 in order to use the method onStartCommand(). Remember to select Android 2.0.1 (level 6) in the 'Android' tab of your project settings and set minSdkVersion to 3 in your Android manifest.

You should be able to run this compiled APK on both Android 1.5 and Android 2.1.