Android Service: onBind(Intent) and onUnbind(Intent) is called just once

Question

I have the Activity and the Service. When Activity is started, it calls startService() to make this Service be alive even when Activity is destroyed, and

Answer 1

I think this (referenced from official dev guide) can explain all your queries:

Multiple clients can connect to the service at once. However, the system calls your service's onBind() method to retrieve the IBinder only when the first client binds. The system then delivers the same IBinder to any additional clients that bind, without calling onBind() again.

Answer 2

You can find it here: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/bound-services.html

You can connect multiple clients to a service simultaneously. However, the system caches the IBinder service communication channel. In other words, the system calls the service's onBind() method to generate the IBinder only when the first client binds. The system then delivers that same IBinder to all additional clients that bind to that same service, without calling onBind() again.