Do I need a Service in my android application?

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In my Application I have several Activities and a Java class with a thread. This thread continuously receives and sends messages to the web server. The Application is working fine in testing but I am worried that it may not when being used in actual phones. I am afraid that my background thread which continuously interacts with the Server might be killed by Android, while the app is in background.

Do I really need to make my threaded client class a service ? I want to start it when user signs in and stop it when the user logs off from the system.

If I need to do it please suggest some easy tutorial for it.

It is always better to use services to perform continusly running tasks. However you should also look at **STICKY** concepts. — Sahil Mahajan Mj, Dec 27 '12 at 06:42
please go through the below tutorial.. http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidServices/article.html — itsrajesh4uguys, Dec 27 '12 at 07:08

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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See these links..

http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidServices/article.html

Example: Communication between Activity and Service using Messaging

http://androidtrainningcenter.blogspot.in/2012/04/simple-example-of-service-in-android.html

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Dec 27 '12 at 07:16

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 07:14

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As far as i think you better use TimerTask along with Timer along with any normal class or service will suffice your objective.

answered Dec 27 '12 at 07:14

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How a timer can suffice my task ? – Amit Dec 31 '12 at 09:54
Timer launch your job at regular intervals – kumar Dec 31 '12 at 11:10

Do I need a Service in my android application?

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