twitter: Re: [android-developers] File upload in background: thread/service/AIDL...?

Anna PS wrote:
> should it be a LocalService or a
> RemoteService, as per the API examples?

A local service should be fine.

> And do I need to call a new
> thread once I start the service, or do all services by definition run
> in a different thread?

Services by definition run on the main application thread, so use an
AsyncTask or something to get your upload logic off that thread.

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