Multiple IntentService or one Service

Question

I\'m a little confused on the difference between IntentService and Service. I understand that IntentService has a worker queue, but is there any benefit to using multiple Intent

Answer 1

To allow multiple tasks to run at the same time off the main thread, you need to provide a managed collection of threads. Use a ThreadPoolExecutor to manage multiple threads at the same time:

http://developer.android.com/training/multiple-threads/create-threadpool.html