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I’m developing a Android Service. I would like the service to run even when the application not is active. So I start it without binding it:
startService(new Intent(Service.class.getName()));
Now it will run continuously until I choose to stop it, right?
If I, from another activity, bind the service will it stop when I unbind it?
Not necessarily. However, you have to remember that if there is memory pressure, it may be killed depending on the priorities (and if it is unbound, any visible app will probably have higher priority). The lifecycle is described here:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#ProcessLifecycle