Android Foreground Service Help [closed]

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I'm working on an application that requires I run a long process in the foreground (mostly download开发者_JS百科ing a few large files), however, after much searching, and googling I have been unable to turn up a tutorial or example on foreground services. I've never used a foreground service so I'm a bit lost at the moment. Could anyone lend a hand on basic foreground services, maybe some sample code on starting one and ending one?

Thank you

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An example is given in the developer guide over here.

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You should be using an AsyncTask if it's running in the foreground.

With an AsyncTask you can run things in the UI on progress updated with activity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable())

Give this a try, see if it is what you're looking for :)

Hope this helped.