Voice Recognition: SpeechRec

Class members in MainActivity

private int mBindFlag; private Messenger mServiceMessenger;

Start service in onCreate()

@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); Intent service = new Intent(activityContext, VoiceCommandService.class);     activityContext.startService(service);     mBindFlag = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH ? 0 : Context.BIND_ABOVE_CLIENT;  }

Bind service in onStart()

@Override protected void onStart() { super.onStart();      bindService(new Intent(this, VoiceCommandService.class), mServiceConnection, mBindFlag); }  @Override protected void onStop() { super.onStop(); if (mServiceMessenger != null) {         unbindService(mServiceConnection);         mServiceMessenger = null; } }

mServiceConnection member

private final ServiceConnection mServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() 

{

 @Override public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service) 

{

 if (DEBUG) {Log.d(TAG, "onServiceConnected");} //$NON-NLS-1$          mServiceMessenger = new Messenger(service); Message msg = new Message();         msg.what = VoiceCommandService.MSG_RECOGNIZER_START_LISTENING; try {             mServiceMessenger.send(msg); } catch (RemoteException e) {             e.printStackTrace(); } } @Override public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) { if (DEBUG) {Log.d(TAG, "onServiceDisconnected");} //$NON-NLS-1$         mServiceMessenger = null; }  }; // mServiceConnection

In the service

@Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { Log.d(TAG, "onBind"); //$NON-NLS-1$ return mServerMessenger.getBinder(); }