Understanding and Using Services in Android: Background & Foreground Services

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Hello, in this video, I will show you how to utilize Background and Foreground Services in Android.
There are 3 types of services in Android - Background, Foreground, and Bound. Each of these terms are misleading because it is not describing the behavior of how each service are used, but it is describing how they are terminated.
For Android Developers, a Service is a component that runs on the background to perform long-running tasks.
A Background Service is a service that runs only when the app is running so it’ll get terminated when the app is terminated.
A Foreground Service is a service that stays alive even when the app is terminated.
And a Bound Service is a service that runs only if the component it is bound to is still active.
0:00 - Start of video
0:12 - Background, Foreground, and Bound Services
0:50 - Creating and Demoing Background Services
3:42 - Creating and Demoing Foreground Services
11:12 - Restarting a Foreground Service on Device Reboot using BroadcastReceiver
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[@roman71717]

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[@georgenady7375]

man ! thank you very much for your awsom explaination for that topic

[@okeuwechue9238]

Very clear and direct explanation of the different service types. 👍
However you mention that multiple instances of the service will get created if started multiple times, but this isn't so; there will only be one instance of the service object but its onStartCommand() function will be invoked those multiple times.

[@joshuantw]

Awesome video my dude. Really clear.

[@hassanesilverlight1550]

Thank you. Best Service tutorial ever.

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Thank you, this video was really usefull

[@myhealthobs5290]

I wonder who organised the naming if foreground vs background. Unbelievable, thanks for clearing it up

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I hope to learn how to play the list view of music through the service by Raw or Assest folder to work in background long time ... thanks for this video

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[@alokeshnath4269]

I have tested this on real device when I restart the device I didn't see the notification that you got...? Is there anything to add more?

[@avigneswaranwaran]

Awesome

[@AshooOffice]

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[@imadsaddik]

Thanks

[@Hanna-ir6te]

Thanks for this tutorial. May I know how how to create second application which will run in the background service when first application is processing without interacting of first app?

[@mdrashid6002]

Great Thanks boss for such a clear explanation,
What about the Bound Services??

[@Hanna-zj1gk]

This tutorial is very helpful. May I know how how to create second application which will run in the background service when first application is processing without interacting of first app?

[@darklaker]

The best explanation for services I've found and it's just what I needed. I would add a handler to show a toast message from the service.
Handler mainHandler = new Handler(getMainLooper());
mainHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
// Do your stuff here related to UI, e.g. show toast
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Message from Service", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});

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[@llothar68]

If i use NDK to run a C++ library, which service should i use to run the code out of process? Sometimes C++ crashs and i want them to take a service down but not the whole app. So i need to do the same as all webbrowsers do it.

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[@cloner_8852]

I have created an alarm app in Android 11, but it does not work when the app is closed. Does anyone know where the problem is ??

[@AnuragSingh-eb6of]

How I can block wifi internet from using to a specific app in aops /os

[@musicjagot1632]

Android 12 & 13 How long will it be running Foreground service??

[@moe_shah_0078]

How would you stop the foreground service?

[@derkeks814]

Great Video! Is there a way to stop the Service by code?

[@67Diadem]

After restarting the app background service is not displaying in the notification area. I have tested on my mobile. Please help 🥺

[@alisheykhi9649]

great bro , but im looking for Bound service impl 🙂

[@mychannel-jb3zk]

I understand that telegram had an unlimited open service in background, how it is posible?

[@lucasmontec]

I believe from what I read on google documentation, that there is no need to check if the service is running. Apparently, that was a bug.

[@habibmalim6178]

so helpful thank you very much 😊
does it work with all android versions specially oreo or higher ?

[@Codeible]

Hello it should work for API 26 or higher.

[@hamsakumar4535]

@@Codeible Any alternate service to run for below 26.

[@ArturoDevA]

fail when stop service and after 10 seconds enable

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[@jeremyheng8573]

Thank you for the sharing! Any idea we can get Firestore document update if our app is terminated?

[@Codeible]

Hello,
Yes you can.

[@jeremyheng8573]

@@Codeiblewhat method should we implement to update client document if app is terminated

[@Codeible]

@@jeremyheng8573 What do you mean? You can just update the document like normal using the Firebase API for Android.

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[@tanmaysinghal8370]

For me only one notification was being created even without checking if the service is running already or not....

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[@priyanshusahu8024]

i cant able to receive broadcast after my app has been killed

[@slcsb116]

Can you make this in kotlin ?

[@dfged9654]

ruclips.net/video/bA7v1Ubjlzw/видео.html Here, the service is stopped. But the service is not explicitly stopped by calling stopService() or stopSelf() from within the service itself or by another component such as an activity or a broadcast receiver. I wonder why? Thx :)

[@gianmarioorru1808]

the app works fine in the background, but if I want to use it in the foreground it crashes after about 7 seconds. I don't know why

[@onuralagoz6531]

Use wake lock with no time limit to make foreground service work infinitely. But never forget that unnecessary amount of foreground service usage is a real battery killer

[@cosovic14]

Is there a way to have a foreground service without a notification ?

[@Codeible]

No, you need ir.

[@jaimitkumarpanchal7603]

if service stops after few seconds then what to do?

[@Codeible]

If the service stops, it could mean that the task is finished. If you want to keep it alive, you need to do something to keep the service alive like a while loop.

[@Nick-cx4rs]

Yo how this receiver working really we didnt even set registerReceiver()

[@pankajlagad3291]

How to keep running the service even we kill the app ?

[@Codeible]

Create a foreground service - 3:43
If you want to restart the service automatically, create a broadcast receiver - 11:12

[@nikhilsachan_cse7144]

There is no code for stopping foreground service

[@yeongshyhhaw9374]

how to stop..

[@harleenkaurarora1817]

If phone is idle mode background service is not working. How to do this??

[@Codeible]

You need to use foreground service.

[@harleenarora5189]

@@Codeible Example you have provided is with foreground service only right?

[@Codeible]

@@harleenarora5189 Both Foreground and Background.

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Awesome

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Thanks

[@samiulalim1230]

Normally the codes working fine but when i add a webview in main activity then foground service stopped when apk closed. Is there any solution for it. I want to keep webview in my project and also want the foreground service

[@Codeible]

Hi, should still work.

[@samiulalim1230]

@@Codeible not working after adding webview 😭😭