LifecycleService not found

Issue

I am trying to extend LifecycleService. I have implemented the following in build.gradle

implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.2.0"

The below line gives error:

internal class MyService: LifecycleService() {

Unresolved reference: LifecycleService

What am I doing wrong here?

Solution

As per the Lifecycle Declaring dependencies, you need to use lifecycle-service to use LifecycleService:

implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-service:2.2.0"

(This would in addition to lifecycle-runtime-ktx)

Answered By - ianhanniballake