Aidl，Android和取消绑定服务

Question

Could somone explain to me why after calling unbindService i'm still able to communicate with the service ?

The flow:

bindService(new Intent(IService.class.getName()), conn, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE)
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mService = IService.Stub.asInterface(service);
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writeToOutput("Droping bombs from: " + mService.getPid());
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unbindService(mCurConnection);  
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writeToOutput("Droping bombs from: " + mService.getPid()); // no exception - still returns good values
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Answer 1

Perhaps the service is still working on a task.

In the google documentation it states that calling unbindService(Connection) simply allows the service to stop at any time. It does not mention that it is a hard stop or a force stop.

From google doc: "Disconnect from an application service. You will no longer receive calls as the service is restarted, and the service is now allowed to stop at any time."

Another possibility is that you may have another activity binding to the service and so long as you have at least one bound interface the service stays active.

If you would like to post more details about what you are doing, I can probably provide a better solution.

Thanks