What Is Meant by Services in Android?
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Advertisements. A service is a component that runs in the background to perform long-running operations without needing to interact with the user and it works even if application is destroyed.

What are Android services?

Android service is a component that is used to perform operations on the background such as playing music, handle network transactions, interacting content providers etc. It doesn’t has any UI (user interface). The service runs in the background indefinitely even if application is destroyed.

WHAT IS services in Android with example?

A Service is an application component that can perform long-running operations in the background. It does not provide a user interface. … For example, a service can handle network transactions, play music, perform file I/O, or interact with a content provider, all from the background.

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