i am trying to start the tts engine through a service but am unable to do so, is it that the tts cannot be started from a service and needs an Activity to do so?

here's what i have tried:

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public void onCreate(){
      Log.d("SpeakerService","Service created successfully!");
      mtts = new TextToSpeech(getApplicationContext(),this);
      
      
   }
   @Override
   public void onStart(Intent intent,int startid)
   {
      Log.d("SpeakerService","Service started successfully!");
   
      mtts = new TextToSpeech(getApplicationContext(),this);
      mtts.setLanguage(Locale.ENGLISH);
      Log.d("SmsSpeaker3","created mtts successfully");
      mtts.speak("Testing",TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
      Log.d("Speaker","synthesis done successfully");
   }



in the log i am getting the statement "synthesis done successfully" but am not getting any sound

i don't know much about it. But don't you have to decalre something in your Manifest file, for your activity to be able to launch the text-to-speech one

Thanks for the reply,
Firstly i'm not using an Activity it's a service i'm talking about
Secondly , i don't think we need to declare anything as such in the manifest flie

Here' s what my service looks like:

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import java.util.Locale;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.OnInitListener;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;


public class Speaker extends Service implements OnInitListener{
   
   
   public static TextToSpeech mtts;
   @Override
   public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      return null;
   }

   @Override
   public void onCreate(){
      Log.d("SpeakerService","Service created successfully!");
      mtts = new TextToSpeech(getApplicationContext(),this);
      
      
   }
   @Override
   public void onStart(Intent intent,int startid)
   {
      Log.d("SpeakerService","Service started successfully!");
   
      mtts = new TextToSpeech(getApplicationContext(),this);
      mtts.setLanguage(Locale.ENGLISH);
      Log.d("Creation","created mtts successfully");
      mtts.speak("Testing",TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
      Log.d("Synthesis","synthesis done successfully");
   }
   @Override
   public void onDestroy(){
      if(mtts!=null)
      {
         mtts.stop();
         Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"The service has been destroyed!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
      }
         
   }

   @Override
   public void onInit(int status) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      if(status==TextToSpeech.SUCCESS)
      {
         Log.d("tts","tts initialised successfully!");
      }
   }

}




well, i might me wrong, but i think that first of, you have to put something like this in your manifest



and then when you want to launch it

thanks again ,but it's not working that way either I am getting the log message as in


but am getting the toast message but no sound . I am actually starting the service through a BroadcastReceiver class as:


is there any mistake in the way i am initialising the tts engine in the service?

the modified form is:

sorry, i hadn't any time to proceed with your querie. Maybe tomorrow i'll have a look to the tts documention.
Right now i can't help you any further

ok , thanks for your concern . Looking forward for your help .