66.9 Launching the Service

Edit the MainActivity.kt file and modify the buttonClick() method to launch the MyService service:

package com.ebookfrenzy.serviceexample

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import android.content.Intent

 

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

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    fun buttonClick(view: View)

    {

        intent = Intent(this, MyService::class.java)

        startService(intent)

    }

}

All that the buttonClick() method does is create an intent object for the new service and then start it running.