Services Run in the background as stated here *Services*A *service* doesn't have a visual user interface, but rather runs in the background for an indefinite period of time http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html So my question is when to use Services and When to Use threads ??...and Can I make services inside threads??
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:21 PM, skink <psk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Kumar Bibek wrote: > > Services obviously don't run on the UI thread. It runs in the > > background. However, Services have their own lifecycle, and can be > > easily managed by applications. You can think of Services as an > > extension of threads, in the sense that both of them do not run on the > > UI thread. > > > > only IntentService runs in its own thread. > > ordinary Services run in the main (UI) thread of their hosting > processes: > http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/app/Service.html > > pskink > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- tarek -- 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
