How do I start a service which is defined in a different package?
- by Brad Hein
I have two apps, one runs in namespace com.gtosoft.voyager and the other is com.gtosoft.dash. From com.gtosoft.dash I would like to start up the service which is defined in com.gtosoft.voyager...
I think I need an intent, but what arg(s) would I pass to the intent before kicking it off with startService()? 
If they were in the same package I could just use 
Intent svc=new Intent (SettingsActivity.this,VoyagerService.class);
startService(svc);
Snippet of Manifest which defines the service
<application android:icon="@drawable/voyagercarlogo" android:label="@string/app_name" android:debuggable="false">
    <provider android:name="com.gtosoft.voyager.VoyagerCProvider" 
        android:authorities="com.gtosoft.voyager"/>
    <service android:name=".VoyagerService"/>
    <activity android:name=".SettingsActivity" 
            android:label="Voyager"
            android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>