How do I start a service in a new thread?

Question

How do I start my service in a new thread. I looked on other questions but it dint work for me. What changes do I need to make in my service when normally running and when running in a separate thread?

Answer 1

Rename your public void onStart(final Intent intent, final int startId) method to _onStart and use this new onStart implementation:

 @Override
 public void onStart(final Intent intent, final int startId) {
     Thread t = new Thread("MyService(" + startId + ")") {
         @Override
         public void run() {
             _onStart(intent, startId);
             stopSelf();
         }
     };
     t.start();
 }

 private void _onStart(final Intent intent, final int startId) {
     //Your Start-Code for the service
 }

For API Levels 5 and Above

public void onStart(Intent, int) was deprecated at API level 5. This should be replaced with public int onStartCommand(Intent, int)

@Override
public int onStartCommand(final Intent intent, final int startId){
    //All code from 'onStart()' in above placed here as normal.
}

private void _onStart(final Intent intent, final int startId) {
     //Your Start-Code for the service
}