This document outlines Android service and manager pairs. It explains that managers are used by applications to get instances of services and call their methods. The document lists common service and manager prefixes and exceptions. It provides examples of how to use managers to call service methods. Finally, it lists the specific service and manager pairs in Android Honeycomb 3.2.

1. Android Frameworks
- Service & Manager Basic
(Honeycom 3.2)
William.L
wiliwe@gmail.com
Date: 2011-11-04

2. Outline
Introduction
How to use Manager?
Service & Manager pairs

3. Introduction
There has some class naming rules in Android
framework codes like Service and Manager pairs
The Manager used by applications gets the
Service’s instance and use Service's
services(methods)
Most Services and Managers has the same prefix
likes WifiService and WifiManager or
LocationManagerService and LocationManager
But there has exceptions like MountService and
StorageManager

4. How to use Managers?
Usage:
XXXManager xxxmanager =
(XXXManager)Context.getSystemService(Context.ServiceName);
xxxmanager.XXXServiceMethod(); // Using Service's services, e.g. Methods
or
IBinder iBinder = ServiceManager.getService(Context.ServiceName);
IXXXService service = IXXXService.Stub.asInterface(iBinder);
service.XXXServiceMethod(); // Using Service's services, e.g. Methods

5. Service/Manager pairs (1/4)
The following Service/Manager paris are
found in Android Honeycomb 3.2 currently
Service
Manager
AlarmService
AccessibilityManagerServi
ce
AccountManagerService
AlarmManager
AccessibilityManager
AudioService
AudioManager
BatteryService
BatteryManager
AccountManager

6. Service/Manager pairs (2/4)
Service
BackupManagerService
Manager
BackupManager
CacheService
CacheManager
ClipboardService
ClipboardManager
ConnectivityService
ConnectivityManager
DevicePolicyManagerSe DevicePolicyManager
rvice
(do service getting
internal)
DownloadService
DownloadManager
DropBoxService
DropBoxManager

7. Service/Manager pairs (3/4)
Service
InputMethodManagerSer
vice
LocationManagerService
MountService
NfcService
SearchManagerService
SipService
Manager
InputMethodManager
LocationManager
StorageManger
NfcManager
SearchManager
SipManager (do service
getting internal)

8. Service/Manager pairs (4/4)
Service
StatusBarManager
Service
ThrottleService
Manager
StatusBarManager (do
service getting internal)
ThrottleManager
UsbService
VpnService
WallpaperManager
Service
WifiService
UsbManager
VpnManager
WallpaperManager (do
service getting internal)
WifiManager