Service or Bound Service?

Question

I\'m creating an application that connects to an XMPP server on Android. I want to keep the connection on till the user logs out.

Should I use a regular Service or a

Answer 1

I found out the difference between the two and when to use it. If you want to interact with the service (for example send arguments etc), use bound service and it return the service object in the onServiceConnected method (where you can call methods in the service). You cannot interact with a regular service (from another class)