Background Service in Android

To create a background service, first you need to add the service into your manifest file. Then, create a class that extends service. Finally, in your activity start the service,

1. First add the following service declaration in your application manifest file.
   
   1. <service android:enabled="true" android:name=".MyService">   
   2. </service>   
2. Create a New class MyService that extends Service class
   
   1. public class MyService extends Service {@Override  
   2.     public void onCreate()   
   3.     {}  
   4.     @Override  
   5.     public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId)   
   6.     {  
   7.         //do something   
   8.     }  
   9.     @Override  
   10.     public IBinder onBind(Intent intent)   
   11.     {  
   12.         return null;  
   13.     }  
   14. }  
3. To start the service and stop the service.
   
   1. public class MyActivity extends Activity {@Override  
   2.     public void onCreate()   
   3.     {…  
   4.         startService(new Intent(this, MyService.class);  
   5.         }  
   6.   
   7.         @Override  
   8.         public void onStop()   
   9.         {…  
   10.             stopService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));  
   11.         }  
   12.     }