Good sample application for android service

Question

Is there a good sample application for creating android services that run in the background?

Answer 1

Well, I don't know any apart from my own application. But that is real applications with all the extra code that comes with it and not sample as such.

If you still want to have a go you I suggest you look for Service_Intend and Service_Connection in Calculator_Activity.java and for Calculator_Thread and Binder in Calculator_Service.java. That should give you some idea.

Answer 2

The Android API Demos include a Remote Service sample. I think we used it as the starting point for our background service. There is also example code right in the documentation for the Service class.