Android background service

app.js

/*global Ti, alert */
var SECS = 5;
var URL = 'testservice.js';

var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
	fullscreen: false,
	navBarHidden: true,
	exitOnClose: true
});
var title = Ti.UI.createLabel({
	top: 0, left: 5, right: 5, height: 40,
	text: 'A service that runs its code every ' + SECS + ' secs.  See testservice.js.  Console:'
});
win.add(title);

var console = Ti.UI.createLabel({
	top: 45, left: 5, right: 5, height: 200,
	backgroundColor: 'white', color: 'black',
	font: {fontSize: 12}, verticalAlign: 'top'
});
win.add(console);

function addMsg(msg) {
	Ti.API.info('SERVICE TEST: ' + msg);
	var text = console.text;
	if (text && text.length > 0) {
		text = msg + '\n' + text;
	} else {
		text = msg;
	}
	console.text = text;
}

Ti.App.addEventListener('test_service_fire', function(data) {
	addMsg('Service says: "' + data.message + '"');
});

var checkButton = Ti.UI.createButton({
	title: 'Check if Test Service is running',
	left: 5, right: 5, top: 250, height: 35
});
checkButton.addEventListener('click', function(){
	if (Ti.Android.isServiceRunning(Ti.Android.createServiceIntent({url: URL}))) {
		addMsg('Service IS running');
	} else {
		addMsg('Service is NOT running');
	}
});
win.add(checkButton);

var startedButton = Ti.UI.createButton({
	title: 'Start Service via startService()',
	left: 5, right: 5, top: 290, height: 35
});

startedButton.addEventListener('click', function() {
	addMsg('Starting via startService');
	var intent = Ti.Android.createServiceIntent({
		url: URL
	});
	intent.putExtra('interval', SECS * 1000);
	intent.putExtra('message', 'Hi from started service');
	Ti.Android.startService(intent);
});
win.add(startedButton);

var bindButton = Ti.UI.createButton({
	top: 330, left: 5, right: 5, height: 35,
	title: 'Start Service via createService()/start()'
});

bindButton.addEventListener('click', function() {
	addMsg('Starting via createService() / start()');
	var intent = Ti.Android.createServiceIntent({
		url: URL
	});
	intent.putExtra('interval', SECS * 1000);
	intent.putExtra('message', 'Hi from bound service');
	var service = Ti.Android.createService(intent);
	service.addEventListener('start', function(e) {
		addMsg('Starting... Instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' (bound)');
	});
	service.addEventListener('pause',function(e) {
		addMsg('Bound instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' paused (iteration #' + e.iteration + ')');
		if (e.iteration == 3) {
			addMsg('Bound instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' has had 3 iterations... going to stop it now.');
			e.source.stop();
		}
	});
	service.addEventListener('resume',function(e) {
		addMsg('Bound instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' resumed (iteration #' + e.iteration + ')');
	});
	service.start();
});
win.add(bindButton);

var stopButton = Ti.UI.createButton({
	top: 370, left: 5, right: 5, height: 35,
	title: 'Stop Service via stopService()'
});
stopButton.addEventListener('click', function() {
	var intent = Ti.Android.createServiceIntent({url: URL});
	Ti.Android.stopService(intent);
	addMsg('stopService() called. NOTE: service only stops if no "bound" proxies are still alive. "Bound" proxies are those created with createService()');
});
win.add(stopButton);

win.open();

win.addEventListener('open', function() {

	var activity = win.activity; //Ti.Android.currentActivity;
activity.addEventListener('pause', function(){
	Ti.API.info(' **** Paused App');
	//process();
});

activity.addEventListener('resume', function(){
	Ti.API.info(' **** resume App');	
});
});


 win.addEventListener('android:back', function(){
    var intent = Ti.Android.createIntent({
      action: Ti.Android.ACTION_MAIN
    });
    intent.addCategory(Ti.Android.CATEGORY_HOME);
    Ti.Android.currentActivity.startActivity(intent);
});



function process(){
	addMsg('Starting via createService() / start()');
	var intent = Ti.Android.createServiceIntent({
		url: URL
	});
	intent.putExtra('interval', SECS * 1000);
	intent.putExtra('message', 'Hi from bound service');
	var service = Ti.Android.createService(intent);
	service.addEventListener('start', function(e) {
		addMsg('Starting... Instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' (bound)');
	});
	service.addEventListener('pause',function(e) {
		addMsg('Bound instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' paused (iteration #' + e.iteration + ')');
		if (e.iteration == 3) {
			addMsg('Bound instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' has had 3 iterations... going to stop it now.');
			e.source.stop();
		}
	});
	service.addEventListener('resume',function(e) {
		addMsg('Bound instance #' + e.source.serviceInstanceId + ' resumed (iteration #' + e.iteration + ')');
	});
	service.start();	
}

testservice.js

/*global Ti */
var service = Ti.Android.currentService;
if(!service){
  Ti.API.info("I'm zombie.");
}else{
  var service_intent = service.getIntent();
  var my_data = service_intent.getStringExtra('message') + ' (instance ' + service.serviceInstanceId + ')';
  Ti.App.fireEvent('test_service_fire', { message: my_data});
  Ti.API.info(my_data);
}

tiapp.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ti:app xmlns:ti="http://ti.appcelerator.org">
    <property name="acs-oauth-secret-production" type="string">6dYZ1jIVY6VgITxwIrVjsvzjv7svkBrk</property>
    <property name="acs-oauth-key-production" type="string">YFPLjtx5rJHIrIFTR84DBeZRXIAce5P4</property>
    <property name="acs-api-key-production" type="string">lqAS1lfSaBtkS9Hb7c9Mz0dEy3Bemb9z</property>
    <property name="acs-oauth-secret-development" type="string">ZQaNRi6MnrvIcOlZpV6A2qfkHOINwTO1</property>
    <property name="acs-oauth-key-development" type="string">pGCbX3HwTy0s5EVHoWGffLnTdzrogrfu</property>
    <property name="acs-api-key-development" type="string">hvDltD8251wNjrjvEEQpw4fNElKVo0v0</property>
    <deployment-targets>
        <target device="mobileweb">true</target>
        <target device="iphone">true</target>
        <target device="ipad">true</target>
        <target device="android">true</target>
        <target device="blackberry">false</target>
    </deployment-targets>
    <sdk-version>2.0.2.GA</sdk-version>
    <id>com.appc.test</id>
    <name>1Testy</name>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <publisher>egomez</publisher>
    <url>http://</url>
    <description>not specified</description>
    <copyright>2012 by egomez</copyright>
    <icon>appicon.png</icon>
    <persistent-wifi>false</persistent-wifi>
    <prerendered-icon>false</prerendered-icon>
    <statusbar-style>default</statusbar-style>
    <statusbar-hidden>false</statusbar-hidden>
    <fullscreen>false</fullscreen>
    <navbar-hidden>false</navbar-hidden>
    <analytics>true</analytics>
    <guid>379543c4-7170-4756-ab7a-452e829c7d18</guid>
    <property name="ti.ui.defaultunit">system</property>
    <property name="ti.facebook.appid">417551948276805</property>
    <iphone>
        <orientations device="iphone">
            <orientation>Ti.UI.PORTRAIT</orientation>
        </orientations>
        <orientations device="ipad">
            <orientation>Ti.UI.PORTRAIT</orientation>
            <orientation>Ti.UI.UPSIDE_PORTRAIT</orientation>
            <orientation>Ti.UI.LANDSCAPE_LEFT</orientation>
            <orientation>Ti.UI.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT</orientation>
        </orientations>
    </iphone>
    <property name="ti.android.threadstacksize" type="int">65536</property>
    <property name="ti.android.largeHeap" type="bool">true</property>
    <property name="ti.android.fastdev" type="bool">false</property>
    <android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <manifest android:installLocation="auto">
            <activity android:alwaysRetainTaskState="true"
                android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"
                android:label="OnForce" android:name=".OnforceActivity" android:theme="@style/Theme.Titanium">
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>
            <supports-screens android:anyDensity="false"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT"/>
        </manifest>
                <services>
            <service type="interval" url="testservice.js"/>
        </services>
    </android>
    <mobileweb>
        <precache/>
        <splash>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
            <inline-css-images>true</inline-css-images>
        </splash>
        <theme>default</theme>
    </mobileweb>
    <modules>
        <module platform="commonjs" version="2.0">ti.cloud</module>
        <module platform="iphone" version="1.5.1">ti.styledlabel</module>
    </modules>
</ti:app>