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Can we build android application that contains just a single service and run in background ? and there is no application icon also ?

Amaan Khan
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  • did you see this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/990217/android-app-with-service-only – N-JOY May 28 '13 at 09:46

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Not really. You are welcome to write one, but nothing will ever run the service.

CommonsWare
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  • I seem to remember that I wrote an apk that contained just a service which exposed an AIDL interface. Another apk, running as a conventional app, made calls to functionality in the service. Admittedly the code in the service only ran when explicitly invoked. – NickT May 28 '13 at 09:57
  • @NickT: That's pretty much what I meant. The service will not magically run itself. Something has to use the service. It's certainly possible that this "something" is another app, with the service serving in the role of a plugin. – CommonsWare May 28 '13 at 09:58