Services

<manifest ... >  ...  <application ... >      <service android:name=".ExampleService" />      ...  </application></manifest>

  public class HelloIntentService extends IntentService {  /**   * A constructor is required, and must call the super IntentService(String)   * constructor with a name for the worker thread.   */  public HelloIntentService() {      super("HelloIntentService");  }  /**   * The IntentService calls this method from the default worker thread with   * the intent that started the service. When this method returns, IntentService   * stops the service, as appropriate.   */  @Override  protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {      // Normally we would do some work here, like download a file.      // For our sample, we just sleep for 5 seconds.      long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 5*1000;      while (System.currentTimeMillis() < endTime) {          synchronized (this) {              try {                  wait(endTime - System.currentTimeMillis());              } catch (Exception e) {              }          }      }  }}

public class HelloService extends Service {  private Looper mServiceLooper;  private ServiceHandler mServiceHandler;  // Handler that receives messages from the thread  private final class ServiceHandler extends Handler {      public ServiceHandler(Looper looper) {          super(looper);      }      @Override      public void handleMessage(Message msg) {          // Normally we would do some work here, like download a file.          // For our sample, we just sleep for 5 seconds.          long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 5*1000;          while (System.currentTimeMillis() < endTime) {              synchronized (this) {                  try {                      wait(endTime - System.currentTimeMillis());                  } catch (Exception e) {                  }              }          }          // Stop the service using the startId, so that we don‘t stop          // the service in the middle of handling another job          stopSelf(msg.arg1);      }  }  @Override  public void onCreate() {    // Start up the thread running the service.  Note that we create a    // separate thread because the service normally runs in the process‘s    // main thread, which we don‘t want to block.  We also make it    // background priority so CPU-intensive work will not disrupt our UI.    HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("ServiceStartArguments",            Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND);    thread.start();    // Get the HandlerThread‘s Looper and use it for our Handler    mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper();    mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper);  }  @Override  public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {      Toast.makeText(this, "service starting", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();      // For each start request, send a message to start a job and deliver the      // start ID so we know which request we‘re stopping when we finish the job      Message msg = mServiceHandler.obtainMessage();      msg.arg1 = startId;      mServiceHandler.sendMessage(msg);      // If we get killed, after returning from here, restart      return START_STICKY;  }  @Override  public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {      // We don‘t provide binding, so return null      return null;  }  @Override  public void onDestroy() {    Toast.makeText(this, "service done", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();  }}

Intent intent = new Intent(this, HelloService.class);startService(intent);

Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.icon, getText(R.string.ticker_text),        System.currentTimeMillis());Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, ExampleActivity.class);PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);notification.setLatestEventInfo(this, getText(R.string.notification_title),        getText(R.string.notification_message), pendingIntent);startForeground(ONGOING_NOTIFICATION_ID, notification);

public class ExampleService extends Service {    int mStartMode;       // indicates how to behave if the service is killed    IBinder mBinder;      // interface for clients that bind    boolean mAllowRebind; // indicates whether onRebind should be used    @Override    public void onCreate() {        // The service is being created    }    @Override    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {        // The service is starting, due to a call to startService()        return mStartMode;    }    @Override    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {        // A client is binding to the service with bindService()        return mBinder;    }    @Override    public boolean onUnbind(Intent intent) {        // All clients have unbound with unbindService()        return mAllowRebind;    }    @Override    public void onRebind(Intent intent) {        // A client is binding to the service with bindService(),        // after onUnbind() has already been called    }    @Override    public void onDestroy() {        // The service is no longer used and is being destroyed    }}