Hide context to the environment

QuickPlay/Interfaces.cs

@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ namespace QuickPlay
         /// Since this operation can be asynchronous, we cannot put it in th 
         /// constructor. And this allows for some tweaks before connecting. 
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="context">
-        /// Context to run possible services from.
-        /// </param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        Task ConnectAsync(Context context);
+        Task ConnectAsync();
     }
     /// <summary>
     /// A simple dataclass to hold auxiliary data of the Playable objects.

QuickPlay/MainActivity.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace QuickPlay
             currentPlayer = playerConfig.GetPlayer();
             try
             {
-                await currentPlayer.ConnectAsync(this);
+                await currentPlayer.ConnectAsync();
             } catch (CannotConnectException e)
             {
                 //TODO: View a toast with details and change some colors?

QuickPlay/MpdMonitorService.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace QuickPlay
         public override void OnCreate()
         {
             base.OnCreate();
+            // TODO: Create the watching thread
         }
         public override IBinder OnBind(Intent intent)
         {

QuickPlay/MpdPlayer.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace QuickPlay
     class MpdPlayer: IPlayer
     {
         MpcCoreClient mpd;
-        Thread serviceThread;
         // MpcCore uses strings, so be it
         string mpdIP, mpdPort;
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ namespace QuickPlay
             mpdPort = connDetails.Length >=2 ? connDetails[1] : "6600"; // XXX: Unneccessary default here...
             // Connecting and monitoring remote player is done in ConnectAsync.
         }
-        public async Task ConnectAsync(Context ctx)
+        public async Task ConnectAsync()
         {
             // Create a persistent connection
             var conn = new MpcCoreConnection(mpdIP, mpdPort);
@@ -62,12 +61,8 @@ namespace QuickPlay
                 throw new CannotConnectException("MPD connect failed", e);
             }
             // Start the monitoring service
-            Console.WriteLine("Hello! Will run thr.");
+            var ctx = Android.App.Application.Context;
-            serviceThread = new Thread(() =>
+            var intent = new Intent(ctx, typeof(MpdMonitorService));
-            {
-                var intent = new Intent(ctx, typeof(MpdMonitorService));
-            });
-            Console.WriteLine("Thread possibly started");
         }
     }
 }