title: android binding to a service from an activityto get hold of a populated hashmap
body: <p>Would you suggest using the steps mentioned in the blog below to bind to a running service?  I need a way to get hold of a populated hashmap from my service. </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.ozdroid.com/#!BLOG/2010/12/19/How_to_make_a_local_Service_and_bind_to_it_in_Android" rel="nofollow">http://www.ozdroid.com/#!BLOG/2010/12/19/How_to_make_a_local_Service_and_bind_to_it_in_Android</a></p>
  
  <p>Instead of working with and returning a database, I would like to return a hashmap.</p>