Android - Run in background - Service vs. standard java class

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Published on 2010-06-18T05:10:32Z Indexed on 2010/06/18 5:23 UTC
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In Android, if I want to do some background work, what is the difference between

Creating a Service to do the work, and having the Activity start the Service VS. Creating a standard java class to do the work, and having the Activity create an object of the class and invoke methods, to do the work in separate threads

Thanks Chris

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