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In the previous chapter on digital audio, you utilized the Android AudioManager class, which is a subclass of the Android Service class. You also learned about the Android SoundPool and the SparseIntArray classes. In this chapter, we will take a look at the Android Service classes and related processing concepts, such as processes and threads.
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Jackson, W. (2014). Android Service Class and Threads: Background Processing. In: Android Apps for Absolute Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0019-3_13
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