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Asked: 2026-05-23T10:01:58+00:00

If I create a service in my app’s onCreate like this: Intent srv =

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If I create a service in my app’s onCreatelike this:

Intent srv = new Intent( this, MyService.class );
startService( srv );

how do I get a reference to the service object and how does the service object reference the app which launched it?

(Yes, I have listed the service in my AndroidManifest).

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are a few ways to handle this. You can bind to the service (bindService) where you will be called back with an IBinder interface.

    Another approach is to just keep calling startService() with different intent data as a way of messaging to the service, with intent extra data containing message specifics.

    Finally, if you know the service is in the same process, you can share the service instance in some static memory.

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