Android background service never stops

Question

I'm just learning about the Services in Android .I have not used any stopService() function but I expect my service to stop working as soon as I kill the app(by closing it and removing it from recent screen) .That's not happening and my Log message continues to print.

This is the service class that I'm using

class NormalServiceClass : Service() {
    override fun onBind(p0: Intent?): IBinder? {
        return null
    }

    override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
        thread {
            while (true) {
                Log.d("NORMALSERVICECLASS", "Service working")
                Log.d("NORMALSERVICECLASS", Thread.currentThread().name)
                Thread.sleep(2000)
            }
        }
        return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)
    }

}

I'm starting the service in my Activity using

startService(Intent(this,NormalServiceClass::class.java))

Why is that happening , Since its not a foreground service .

I close it and remove it from recent screen. I tried the "Terminate application" option from logcat as well . — newbie_coder, Feb 17 '22 at 06:52
`super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)` returns `START_STICKY` which means the system is trying to restart your service, and if your target device is running an Android version below O, the service has a really good chance of recovering. — khoben, Feb 17 '22 at 07:21

Evyatar Cohen · Answer 1 · 2022-02-17T06:52:03.507

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Do you stop your service?

stopService(Intent(this,NormalServiceClass::class.java));

edited Feb 17 '22 at 06:52

answered Feb 17 '22 at 06:44

Evyatar Cohen

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I have edited my question now . Please check – newbie_coder Feb 17 '22 at 06:51
Maybe this answer will help you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9093271/start-sticky-and-start-not-sticky/ – Evyatar Cohen Feb 17 '22 at 06:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '22 at 07:25

First of all, you're adding overhead to your system by making an infinite loop like this:

while (true) {

So, solve that error first and secondly to stop the service something like this should be enough.

stopSelfResult(startId)
return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)

Android background service never stops

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