Service in TabActivity - TabActivity

gistfile1.java

package com.example;

import com.example.app.NewsActivity;
import com.example.app.services.LocalService;
import android.app.TabActivity;
import android.content.ComponentName;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.ServiceConnection;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.TabHost;

public class Local2Activity extends TabActivity {
	
	public LocalService mService;
	private boolean mIsBound = false; 
	
	private ServiceConnection mConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
		public void onServiceConnected( ComponentName className, IBinder service ) {
			mService = ((LocalService.LocalBinder)service).getService();
			
		}
		
		public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName className) {			
			mService = null;
		}
	};
	
	void doBindService() {
		getApplicationContext().bindService(new Intent(Local2Activity.this,LocalService.class), mConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
		mIsBound = true;
	}
	
	void doUnbindService() {
		if( mIsBound ) {
			unbindService( mConnection );
			mIsBound = false;
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		doBindService();

		getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN);
		requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_LEFT_ICON);

		setContentView(R.layout.main);
		
		Resources res = getResources();
		TabHost tabHost = getTabHost();
		TabHost.TabSpec spec;
		Intent intent;

		getWindow().setFeatureDrawable(Window.FEATURE_LEFT_ICON, res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_titlebar));

		intent = new Intent().setClass(this, NewsActivity.class);
		spec = tabHost.newTabSpec("news")
				.setIndicator("News", res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_tab_news) )
				.setContent(intent);
		tabHost.addTab(spec);
		tabHost.setCurrentTab(0);
	}

    protected void onStart() {
    	super.onStart();    	
    }

    protected void onDestroy() {
    	super.onDestroy();
    	doUnbindService();
    }
}