On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Tushar Baviskar <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the need of services in android, as same thing can be achieved > by starting new task also?
No, the "same thing" (whatever that is) cannot "be achieved by starting new task also". Services and tasks have virtually nothing in common and certainly are not interchangeable. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.6 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

