get rid of status service alltogether

android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@
                 <data android:scheme="status-im" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
-        <service
-                android:name=".module.StatusService"
-                android:enabled="true"
-                android:exported="true"/>
         <activity android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity"/>
         <service android:name="io.invertase.firebase.messaging.RNFirebaseMessagingService">
           <intent-filter>

modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventListener, ConnectorHandler, LifecycleObserver {
+class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventListener, StatusNodeEventHandler {
 
     private static final String TAG = "StatusModule";
     private static final String logsZipFileName = "Status-debug-logs.zip";
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
     private final static int TESTNET_NETWORK_ID = 3;
 
     private static StatusModule module;
-    private ServiceConnector status = null;
     private ExecutorService executor = null;
     private boolean debug;
     private boolean devCluster;
@@ -87,45 +86,12 @@ public String getName() {
     @Override
     public void onHostResume() {  // Activity `onResume`
         module = this;
-        Activity currentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
-        if (currentActivity == null) {
-            Log.d(TAG, "On host Activity doesn't exist");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (status == null) {
-            status = new ServiceConnector(currentActivity, StatusService.class);
-            status.registerHandler(this);
-        }
-
-        safeStartAndBindService();
-    }
-
-    private void safeStartAndBindService() {
-        // If we bind StatusService too early on Android 9+, it will crash the app.
-        // This is a workaround, to listen to the app lifecycle,
-        // and to start the service only when the app is in foreground already.
-        Log.d(TAG, "[onHostResume] android 9+ delaying service binding.");
-        ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().getLifecycle().addObserver(this);
-    }
-
-    @OnLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_START)
-    void onEnterForeground() {
-        Log.d(TAG, "[onEnterForeground] the app is foreground now, binding service");
-        doStartService();
-        ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().getLifecycle().removeObserver(this);
-    }
-
-    private void doStartService() {
-        status.bindService();
-        signalEvent("{\"type\":\"module.initialized\"}");
+        StatusService.INSTANCE.setSignalEventListener(this);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onHostPause() {
-        if (status != null) {
-            status.unbindService();
-        }
+
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -134,19 +100,18 @@ public void onHostDestroy() {
     }
 
     private boolean checkAvailability() {
-
-        Activity currentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
-        if (currentActivity == null) {
-            Log.d(TAG, "Activity doesn't exist");
-            return false;
+        if (getCurrentActivity() != null) {
+            return true;
         }
 
-        return true;
-    }
+        Log.d(TAG, "Activity doesn't exist");
+        return false;
 
+    }
 
-    void signalEvent(String jsonEvent) {
-        Log.d(TAG, "Signal event: " + jsonEvent);
+    @Override
+    public void handleEvent(String jsonEvent) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "[handleEvent] event: " + jsonEvent);
         WritableMap params = Arguments.createMap();
         params.putString("jsonEvent", jsonEvent);
         this.getReactApplicationContext().getJSModule(DeviceEventManagerModule.RCTDeviceEventEmitter.class).emit("gethEvent", params);
@@ -297,7 +262,6 @@ private void doStartNode(final String jsonConfigString) {
             else {
                 Log.e(TAG, "StartNode failed: " + res);
             }
-            status.sendMessage();
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "updateConfig failed: " + e.getMessage());
             System.exit(1);
@@ -388,6 +352,7 @@ public void moveToInternalStorage(Callback callback) {
     public void startNode(final String config) {
         Log.d(TAG, "startNode");
         if (!checkAvailability()) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "[startNode] Activity doesn't exists, cannot start node");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -817,28 +782,6 @@ public void clearStorageAPIs() {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean handleMessage(Message message) {
-
-        Log.d(TAG, "Received message: " + message.toString());
-        Bundle bundle = message.getData();
-
-        String event = bundle.getString("event");
-        signalEvent(event);
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onConnectorConnected() {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onConnectorDisconnected() {
-
-    }
-
     @ReactMethod
     public void callRPC(final String payload, final Callback callback) {
         Runnable r = new Runnable() {

modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusNodeEventHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package im.status.ethereum.module;
+
+public interface StatusNodeEventHandler {
+    void handleEvent(String eventJson);
+}