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To create an IntentService, create a class which extends IntentService, and within it, a method which overrides onHandleIntent: package com.example.myapp; public class MyIntentService extends IntentService { @Override protected void onHandleIntent (Intent workIntent) { //Do so...

Here is an example of an IntentService that pretends to load images in the background. All you need to do to implement an IntentService is to provide a constructor that calls the super(String) constructor, and you need to implement the onHandleIntent(Intent) method. public class ImageLoaderIntentSe...

The abstract class IntentService is a base class for services, which run in the background without any user interface. Therefore, in order to update the UI, we have to make use of a receiver, which may be either a BroadcastReceiver or a ResultReceiver: A BroadcastReceiver should be used if your s...