how to start service from fragments

Question

I want to start service from fragment from a list view item. I am trying to call service with:

startService(new Intent(getActivity(),myPlayService.class));

But it wont work at all. How do i call my service from fragments? Is there any another way to start service?

Solution 1

Replace

startService(new Intent(getActivity(),myPlayService.class));

with

getActivity().startService(new Intent(getActivity(),myPlayService.class));

Solution 2

To start service from a fragment use

Java

requireActivity().startService(new Intent(getContext(), ServiceName.class));

Kotlin

requireActivity().startService(Intent(context, ServiceName::class.java)

Comments

[IgorGanapolsky]

But it wouldn't even compile anyway if he didn't use getActivity()

[CACuzcatlan]

@IgorGanapolsky, that's what the original post was saying. They were asking how to make it compile.