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Android, IntentService vs Custom service with HandlerThread

I have read one post about Android services within threads but there is one thing that I did not understand. In the post the writer uses a custom service because it allows multitasking while IntentService does not.

https://guides.codepath.com/android/managing-threads-and-custom-services#custom-services

Until there everything is okay, but later the writer uses a HandlerThread which just allow one thread, as my point of view there is no difference between this and a normal IntentService.

https://guides.codepath.com/android/managing-threads-and-custom-services#threading-within-the-service

Am I right? or is there anything that I am missing? I am looking at this due I want to create a android service able to run different tasks at the same time, should I use ThreadPoolExecutor instead HandlerThread?

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Answers (1)

Jule
Jule

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You should make yourself familiar with the changes to background execution introduced with Android 8.0 - you cannot freely execute background work in Services anymore the way you could when that tutorial was written.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/JobIntentService might be for you; if not, have a look at https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager

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