proper way to start and interface with a service and statusbar/notification <p>I have a broadcast receiver that works fine but now I want to send send notifications to status bar. Since BroadcastReceiver cannot do it directly it looks like I need to create a service to do that for me correct?</p> <p>So I created a service using the examples provided at <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html" rel="nofollow">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html</a></p> <p>Other than a few small tweaks it's that code. I start the service from the broadcast receiver with context.startService(new Intent(context, AlertUser.class));</p> <p>What happened is it did put out the msg in the status bar. then when I did a clear and had it generate a new msg the service code did not execute. Do I interact with he service differently once started? From what I read no if part of same process.</p> <p>Also how would I share information like a string from the the BroadcastReceiver to the service to that it is info to display in the notification?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Frank</p>