Continually Running Background Service

Question

I\'m targeting sdk version 27 with a minimum version of 19 and trying to get a service that runs continuously in the background. I tried different service start options but

Answer 1

Since Android 8.0 many background service limitations have been introduced.

Two solutions:

1. if you need to get total control of task and execution timing, you have to choose Foreground Service. Pros: your app will be considered to be alive, then is more unlikely that the os will kill it to free resources. Cons: your user will always see the Foreground Notification.

2. if you need to schedule periodically task, then Work Manager (introduced in Google I/O 18) is the best solution. This component choose the best possible scheduler (Jobscheduler, JobDispatcher, AlarmManager..). Keep in mind that work manager APIs are useful only for the tasks that require guaranteed execution and they are deferrable. Ref: Android Dev Documentation