Why this handler (runnable) is slowing down my app if it is launched on a service?

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i am using a background service that it is retrieving data and inserting data on a remote server. OK, i puted it on a background service because i wanted to get that done in background without slowing down my app, but it is slowing down my app !

as you will see in the code, it haves a sleep of 60 seconds, and my app is getting frozen 2/3 seconds each 60 seconds, it is this code, i am sure, but i dont know how to solve it

public class MyService extends Service implements Runnable{
    boolean serviceStopped;
    RemoteConnection con; //conexion remota
    List <Position> positions;
static SharedPreferences settings;
static SharedPreferences.Editor configEditor;
    private Handler mHandler;
    private Runnable updateRunnable = new Runnable() {
        @Override public void run() {
            //contenido
            if (serviceStopped==false)
            {
                positions=con.RetrievePositions(settings.getString("login","")); //traigo todas las posiciones
                if (positions.size()>=10) //si hay 10 borro la mas vieja
                    con.deletePosition(positions.get(0).getIdposition());
                if (settings.getString("mylatitude", null)!=null && settings.getString("mylongitude", null)!=null)
                    con.insertPosition(settings.getString("mylatitude", null),settings.getString("mylongitude", null), formatDate(new Date()), settings.getString("login",""));
            }
            queueRunnable();//duerme
        }
    };
    private void queueRunnable() {
        //mHandler.postDelayed(updateRunnable, 60000); //envia una posicion al servidor cada minuto (60.000 milisegundos es un minuto)
        mHandler.postDelayed(updateRunnable, 60000);
    }

    public void onCreate() {
        serviceStopped=false;
settings = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this.getApplicationContext());
        configEditor = settings.edit();
        positions=new ArrayList<Position>();
        con = new RemoteConnection();
            mHandler = new Handler();
            queueRunnable();
        }

denis.solonenko · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-02T09:50:31.433

Even if you created a service it doesn't mean it will run on a separate thread. Take a look http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html

Note that services, like other application objects, run in the main thread of their hosting process. This means that, if your service is going to do any CPU intensive (such as MP3 playback) or blocking (such as networking) operations, it should spawn its own thread in which to do that work. More information on this can be found in Processes and Threads. The IntentService class is available as a standard implementation of Service that has its own thread where it schedules its work to be done.

Please take some time to read how services actually work in Android http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html

So, IntentService and scheduled alert can be a solution here.

Why this handler (runnable) is slowing down my app if it is launched on a service?

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