How to set Priority of IntentService in Android

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to set the priority of an IntentService like you can with a Thread. So far I have not found anything.

Answer 1

You can set Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_BACKGROUND) in the onHandleIntent() method of your intent service.

The solution by CommonsWare also works. This one is simpler, though.

Answer 2

The HandlerThread that IntentService uses is not exposed to the SDK. It is set to Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT as a priority.

Note that IntentService is 143 lines of code, including whitespace and comments, so you might consider just cloning it to have one with the priority you seek.