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As noted previously, Android services are for long-running processes that may need to keep running even when decoupled from any activity. Examples include playing music even if the player activity gets garbage-collected, polling the Internet for RSS/Atom feed updates, and maintaining an online chat connection even if the chat client loses focus due to an incoming phone call.
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Allen, G. (2012). Services: The Theory. In: Beginning Android 4. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3985-7_35
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