QAndroidService Class

Wraps the most important methods of Android Service class. More...

Header: #include <QtCore/private/qandroidextras_p.h>
qmake: QT += core-private
Since: Qt 6.2
Inherits: QCoreApplication
Status: Preliminary

This class is under development and is subject to change.

Public Functions

QAndroidService(int &argc, char **argv)
QAndroidService(int &argc, char **argv, const std::function<QAndroidBinder *(const QAndroidIntent &)> &binder)
virtual QAndroidBinder *onBind(const QAndroidIntent &intent)

Detailed Description

The QAndroidService is a convenience class that wraps the most important Android Service methods.

When building with CMake, use the following commands to use private Qt Core APIs:

 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::CorePrivate)

Member Function Documentation

QAndroidService::QAndroidService(int &argc, char **argv)

Creates a new Android service, passing argc and argv as parameters.

See also QCoreApplication.

QAndroidService::QAndroidService(int &argc, char **argv, const std::function<QAndroidBinder *(const QAndroidIntent &)> &binder)

Creates a new Android service, passing argc and argv as parameters.

binder is used to create a binder when needed.

See also QCoreApplication.

[virtual] QAndroidBinder *QAndroidService::onBind(const QAndroidIntent &intent)

The user must override this method and to return a binder.

The intent parameter contains all the caller information.

The returned binder is used by the caller to perform IPC calls.

Warning: This method is called from Binder's thread which is different from the thread that this object was created.

See also QAndroidBinder::onTransact and QAndroidBinder::transact.