starting an android native service with titanium module -

i started mobile module project following service class:

package com.eliddell.testservice;  import java.lang.reflect.method; import java.util.arraylist; import java.util.list; import java.util.timer; import java.util.timertask;  import org.appcelerator.titanium.tibaseservice; import org.appcelerator.kroll.common.log; import android.app.activitymanager; import android.app.service;  import android.app.activitymanager.runningserviceinfo; import android.content.broadcastreceiver;  import android.content.context; import android.content.intent;  import android.graphics.pixelformat;   import android.net.wifi.wifimanager; import android.os.batterymanager; import android.os.handler; import android.os.ibinder; import android.text.format.time;  import android.view.gravity; import android.view.view; import android.view.windowmanager;  import android.widget.relativelayout;  import android.widget.textview;    public class foregroundservice extends service {      /* (non-javadoc)      * @see android.app.service#onbind(android.content.intent)      */     timer timer;      windowmanager.layoutparams handleparams;      windowmanager.layoutparams indiparams;      view disablestatusbar;      windowmanager winmgr;      int interval = 50;      handler mhandler;      boolean secdialog = false;       arraylist<string> allowedapps;      int scale = -1;      int level = -1;      int charging = 0;     broadcastreceiver batteryreceiver;      @override     public void oncreate() {         log.v("nav service: ", "{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{created");         // start thread running service.  note create         // separate thread because service runs in process's         // main thread, don't want block.  make         // background priority cpu-intensive work not disrupt our ui.         allowedapps = new arraylist<string>();         /*allowedapps.add("com.sapientnitro.lcinstore2");//lc         allowedapps.add("com.adobe.reader");//acrobat         allowedapps.add("com.dynamixsoftware.printershare");//printer share         allowedapps.add("my.handrite.prem");//handrite pro        */         mhandler = new handler();         //batman = new batterymanager();         winmgr = (windowmanager) getsystemservice(window_service);         //ctime = new time(time.getcurrenttimezone());         }       @override     public int onstartcommand(intent intent, int flags, int startid) {          log.v("nav service: ", "{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{started");         disablestatusbar = new relativelayout(getapplicationcontext());          handleparams = new windowmanager.layoutparams(windowmanager.layoutparams.fill_parent, 50,         // allows view displayed on status bar         // windowmanager.layoutparams.type_system_alert |                   windowmanager.layoutparams.type_system_overlay,                 // keep button presses going background window                 windowmanager.layoutparams.flag_not_focusable                         | windowmanager.layoutparams.flag_watch_outside_touch |                         // enable notification recieve touch events                         windowmanager.layoutparams.flag_not_touch_modal |                         // draws on status bar                         windowmanager.layoutparams.flag_layout_no_limits,                  pixelformat.transparent);         handleparams.gravity = gravity.top;         handleparams.y = 50;            disablestatusbar.setbackgroundcolor(0xffff0000);          winmgr.addview(disablestatusbar, handleparams);             statuschecker.run();          // if killed, after returning here, restart         return start_redeliver_intent;     }      @override     public ibinder onbind(intent intent) {          // don't provide binding, return null         return null;     }      @override     public void ondestroy() {          unregisterreceiver(batteryreceiver);         mhandler.removecallbacks(statuschecker);         winmgr.removeview(disablestatusbar);         //toast.maketext(this, "service done", toast.length_short).show();      }       runnable statuschecker = new runnable() {          public void run() {              mhandler.postdelayed(statuschecker, interval);         }      };         private void monitoruser() {         string cprocess;         try {              activitymanager = (activitymanager) getapplicationcontext().getsystemservice(                     context.activity_service);              list<activitymanager.runningtaskinfo> processlist = am.getrunningtasks(5);             //screen capture tool             am.killbackgroundprocesses("com.diotek.screen_capture");             cprocess = processlist.get(0).baseactivity.getpackagename();             //log.v("","--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"+cprocess);             if (cprocess.equals("com.android.settings")) {                 launchsecurity();              } else if(!allowedapps.contains(cprocess)){                gohome();             }               object service = getsystemservice("statusbar");              class<?> statusbarmanager = class.forname("android.app.statusbarmanager");             method collapse = statusbarmanager.getmethod("collapse");             method disable = statusbarmanager.getmethod("disable", integer.type);             collapse.setaccessible(true);             // disable.invoke(service,1);             //collapse .invoke(service);          } catch (exception ex) {             log.v("window change", "exemption:" + ex);         }     }      public void launchsecurity() {               log.v("launching", "((((((((((((((((((((security)))))))))))))))))");             intent = new intent("com.eliddell.testservice.activities.authenticate");             i.setflags(intent.flag_activity_new_task);             startactivity(i);      }      private boolean issecurityservicerunning() {          activitymanager manager = (activitymanager) getsystemservice(activity_service);         (runningserviceinfo service : manager.getrunningservices(integer.max_value)) {              if ("com.eliddell.services_test.services.securityservice".equals(service.service.getclassname())) {                 return true;             }         }         return false;     }     public void gohome(){         intent startmain = new intent(intent.action_main);         startmain.addcategory(intent.category_home);         startmain.setflags(intent.flag_activity_new_task);         startactivity(startmain);        /* intent = new intent(intent.action_view);         i.setcomponent(new componentname("com.sapientnitro.lcinstore2",                 "com.sapientnitro.lcinstore2.activities.mainactivity"));         i.setflags(intent.flag_activity_new_task);         startactivity(i);*/     }  } 

my modul loading titanium app fine , kroll method in module, calls service looks this

@kroll.method     public void startforegroundservice()     {                           log.v("{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{", "attempting start service");           try{              backoverlayservice = new intent();             backoverlayservice.setclassname("com.eliddell.testservice", "foregroundservice.class");             //start             //this.getactivity().getapplicationcontext().startservice(backoverlayservice);             tiapplication.getinstance().startservice(backoverlayservice);             log.v("testservicemodule{{{{{{{", "try success");         }catch(exception ex)         {             log.v("testservicemodule{{{{{{{", "exception caught:"+ex);         }         } 

the log shows success, actual service's logs in oncreate , onstart never fire..

any idea doing wrong?

the problem in way setting intent..

instead of:

backoverlayservice = new intent(); backoverlayservice.setclassname("com.eliddell.testservice", "foregroundservice.class"); 

i use:

backoverlayservice = new intent(tiapplication.getappcurrentactivity(), foregroundservice.class);