No that is absolutely not true. Services run in the same process as other components (unless you explicitly change this with android:process).
Services run in the same THREAD as your other components. All of this is documented here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html In particular: What is a Service? Most confusion about the Service class actually revolves around what it is * not*: - A Service is *not* a separate process. The Service object itself does not imply it is running in its own process; unless otherwise specified, it runs in the same process as the application it is part of. - A Service is *not* a thread. It is not a means itself to do work off of the main thread (to avoid Application Not Responding errors). On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:27 AM, kamiseq <kami...@gmail.com> wrote: > services are running in different process, you can bind to it so any > activity could exchange data with it. start service just starts > service > > hope that helped > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
