title: How to get seekbar in activity from mediaplayer service?
body: <p>I'm creating a mediaplayer service to play a media file from internet, like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MyService extends Service{
  private static final String TAG = "MyService";
  MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;    
  @Override
  public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
      return null;
  }
  
  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
      Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
  
      mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
      mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
  }
  
  @Override
  public void onDestroy() {
      Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");
      mediaPlayer.stop();
  }
  
  @Override
  public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {
      Toast.makeText(this, "My Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      Log.d(TAG, "onStart");
      String rtsp;
      Bundle re= intent.getExtras();
      rtsp=re.getString("rtsp");
      try {
          mediaPlayer.setDataSource(rtsp);
          mediaPlayer.prepare();
      } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (IOException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
      }       
      mediaPlayer.start();
  
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now I want to get the seekbar from the activity like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SeekBar seekbar= (SeekBar)findviewbyid(R.id.seekbar);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I can't :( Please help me how to do that!</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p>
  
  <p>I found another way to solve my problem without using Bind service :)
  Here it is:</p>
  
  <p>In your service class, create a static method like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public static void setMainActivity(Player_Activity mainActivity)
  {
      MAIN_ACTIVITY=mainActivity;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Ofcourse, you must declare a static varible:</p>
  
  <pre><code>private static Player_Activity  MAIN_ACTIVITY;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Next, in your activity, before you call the startService(), you must call this method to set the main activity to your service like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MyService.setMainActivity(Player_Activity.this);
  Intent myservice= new Intent(this,MyService.class);
  startService(myservice);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And finally you can do anything with your activity in your service like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>final TextView tv_test=(TextView)MAIN_ACTIVITY.findViewById(R.id.textview);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>That's all! Hope this help :)</p>
  
  <p>Forgive me if I get some mistake about English ;), my English skill is not good :)</p>