How to start service in new thread in android

Question

I'm new to this android. i'm using a service to do some background work. so i'm starting the service from my activity as following.

        getApplicationContext().bindService(         new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyAndroidUpnpServiceImpl.class),         serviceConnection,         Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE     ); 

but the problem is android activity is blocked. untill the service,

         onServiceConnected(ComponentName className, IBinder service){ ..} 

is called back.so i searched regarding this. i came to know that i have to start my service in new Thread. so please any one help me in doing this.

Answer 1

To create and start a new thread, from inside an activity, you can say:

Thread t = new Thread(){ public void run(){ getApplicationContext().bindService(         new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyAndroidUpnpServiceImpl.class),         serviceConnection,         Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE     ); } }; t.start(); 

Also, cache the value returned by bindservice, if any, if you require it for later use.