keep the service running with the same parameters

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I pass value to the service like this

MyService.user = new ChatUser(task.getResult().getUser().getUid(),task.getResult().getUser().getDisplayName(), task.getResult().getUser().getEmail(), password, true, "");
                        Intent intent = new Intent(Login.this, MyService.class);
                        startService(intent);

When destroying the application the service keeps running with flag START_REDELIVER_INTENT but the user that I passed it becomes null

How to keeps the value from returning to null

`I pass value to the service like this` - you don't pass anything to your service. — Mark, Jan 17 '17 at 19:42
@MarkKeen i do like this `MyService.user = new ChatUser(task.getResult().getUser().getUid(),task.getResult().getUser().getDisplayName(), task.getResult().getUser().getEmail(), password, true, "");` before I call startservice() — Mehdi Glida, Jan 17 '17 at 19:57
You're creating a `static class variable` and as such belongs to the class, not the instance of the `service`. you need to 1) make sure your `ChatUser` class implements `Parcelable` interface 2) create a local `ChatUser` object in your `Activity` 3) create a `Bundle` add your `ChatUser` object as a `parcelable` object (including a key) 4) add the bundle to the intent then start your service - You can then retrieve the bundle in the service. http://stackoverflow.com/a/27309167/4252352 — Mark, Jan 17 '17 at 20:15
Possible duplicate of [How to send an object from one Android Activity to another using Intents?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2139134/how-to-send-an-object-from-one-android-activity-to-another-using-intents) — Mark, Jan 17 '17 at 20:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '17 at 20:49

You instantiating wrong the service. The right steps are:

Create an intent and add the required values to it, like this:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, Service.class);
    intent.putExtra("uid_key", task
            .getResult()
            .getUser()
            .getUid());
    intent.putExtra("display_name_key", task
            .getResult()
            .getUser()
            .getDisplayName()));
    startService(intent);

In the your service:

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.
.

ChatUser myChatUser;

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    if (intent.getExtras() != null){
        String uid = intent.getStringExtra("uid_key");
        String displayName = intent.getStringExtra("display_name_key");

        if (uid !=null && displayName != null){
            myChatUser = new ChatUser(uid, displayName);
        }
    }


    return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;
}
}

keep the service running with the same parameters

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