Use service or intent service?

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I don't know which of these methods are suited for my needs. I need to add a background service to my application that

Opens a server socket
Wait for a socket connection from a client
Once socket connection is made, indefinitely listen for messages sent through the client

The application has no activities and is essentially 2 services (1 that exists for something else, and 1 that I described above)

Should I extend service or intent service? I assume I'll need to make threads within either of the classes as to not block other code execution in the other service?

Please check below link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15524280/service-vs-intent-service — Jay Shah, May 03 '15 at 05:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '15 at 06:04

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You said:

2) Wait for a socket connection from a client 3) Once socket connection is made, indefinitely listen for messages sent through the client.

It's better for you to extend Service for this operation. IntentService is a service class which can't handles waiting task, but Service can handles it. IntentService always do its job impatiently.

answered May 03 '15 at 06:04

Anggrayudi H

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If I use Service class and use threads as well, this will not block other code execution in another service, correct? – user3369427 May 03 '15 at 06:11
Correct. A `Service` class never blocks other thread and code execution. – Anggrayudi H May 03 '15 at 06:21

Use service or intent service?

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