BoundService + LiveData + ViewModel best practice in new Android recommended architecture

Question

I been struggling a lot thinking about where to place Android Services in the new Android recommended Architecture. I came up with many possible solutions, but I cannot make

Answer 1

One way to avoid direct contact with an Android service while still being able to use it is through an interface object. This is part of the "I" for Interface Segregation in the acronym, SOLID. Here is a small example:

public interface MyFriendlyInterface {
    public boolean cleanMethodToAchieveBusinessFunctionality();
    public boolean anotherCleanMethod();
}

public class MyInterfaceObject implements MyFriendlyInterface {
    public boolean cleanMethodToAchieveBusinessFunctionality() {
        BluetoothObject obj = android.Bluetooth.nastySubroutine();
        android.Bluetooth.nastySubroutineTwo(obj);
    }

    public boolean anotherCleanMethod() {
        android.Bluetooth.anotherMethodYourPresentersAndViewModelsShouldntSee();
    }
}

public class MyViewModel {
    private MyFriendlyInterface _myInterfaceObject;

    public MyViewModel() {
        _myInterfaceObject = new MyInterfaceObject();
        _myInterfaceObject.cleanMethodToAchieveBusinessFunctionality();
    }
}

Given the above paradigm, you are free to place your services in a package that's outside your packages that contain POJO code. There is no "right" location to put your services -- but there are definitely WRONG places to put them (e.g. where your POJO code goes).