what is the difference between service and intentService in android ?

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i read an article about service & AsyncTask in android . it explains for non interactive operations which take a long Time you have to use Service . after that it introduces IntentService without any useful Explanation ! it just only says many programmers forget to Stop Service and it causes a lot of problems so if you want to avoid this problems you should use IntentService !!! (what does it mean ? )
now i want to know which one is better and what is the main difference between this 2 classes

Posted 25-Dec-14 9:38am

seyed mahmud shahrokni

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Arjsrya · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-25T23:47:00

Service:It is basically a component which runs in the background witout direct interaction with the user.It's mostly used for long running operations.

Examples : Checking new updates every day,fb & mail notifications.

IntentService:It's used to perform certain task in the background.Once it's done,the instance of IntentService will be terminated by itself automatically.

Example : downloads

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