I don't think it will accomplish anything to start a service in a thread. That doesn't make the service run in the thread where it is started. So you are down to one of the options you are considering. Ti si also possible to start a service in a separate process but it still should not block on its main thread.
Possibly android.os.AsyncTask will be useful for you. On Jan 18, 5:17 pm, Flapjack <[email protected]> wrote: > Please forgive my ignorance, I am new to Java and Android. > > I would like to retrieve remote data and display it within my > activity. To prevent tying up to UI, I understand that I can do this > in another thread. (I thought I could just-as-well fetch this remote > data from within a service, but that appears to tie up the UI thread > also). So now I'm beginning to think I need to either run the logic > from a new thread within a service, or run a service within a new > thread. But which? I have found many examples online of running new > threads or services, but I have yet to find an example of both at the > same time. > > Thanks!
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