Android Programming Tutorials

No, Really Listening To Your Friends

List<Twitter.Status> timeline=client.getFriendsTimeline();

for (Twitter.Status s : timeline) {

if (!seenStatus.contains(s.id)) {

l.callback.newFriendStatus(s.user.screenName, s.text,

s.createdAt.toString());

seenStatus.add(s.id);

}

}

}

catch (Throwable t) {

android.util.Log.e("PostMonitor",

"Exception in poll()", t);

}

}

Step #3: Manage the Service and Register the Account..................

Next, we need to take steps in Patchy to connect to the PostMonitor service

and arrange to get callbacks when new timeline entries are ready.

First, modify onCreate() in Patchy to call bindService(), which will auto-

create our PostMonitor service and give us control when it has been started

and bound:

bindService(new Intent(this, PostMonitor.class), svcConn,

BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

Specifically, it gives us control via a ServiceConnection object, which you will

need to add as a data member of Patchy:

private ServiceConnection svcConn=new ServiceConnection() {

public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className,

IBinder binder) {

service=(IPostMonitor)binder;

try {

service.registerAccount(prefs.getString("user", null),

prefs.getString("password", null),

listener);

}

catch (Throwable t) {

Log.e("Patchy", "Exception in call to registerAccount()", t);

goBlooey(t);

}

}

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