IntentService will be killed after I stop my application

Question

I am referring to android design considerations: AsyncTask vs Service (IntentService?)

According to the discussion, AsyncTask does not suit, because it is ti

Answer 1

In your IntentService you can override onStartCommand() returning START_REDELIVER_INTENT

Then if killed, your service will be restarted automatically by the system after some time with the same Intent.

Be sure to call the super implementation on onStartCommand() like this:

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    super.onStartCommand(intent,flags,startId);
    return START_REDELIVER_INTENT;
}