Android - how to run a socket in a long lives background thread

Question

I\'m building a simple chat that connects between an android client and a java server (running on my pc). The user can send and receive messages to/from the android app and

Answer 1

I suggest you take a look at the Android documentation for background services. Personally I would use the IntentService as it's a well established pattern within Android.

http://developer.android.com/training/run-background-service/index.html