[android-developers] bindService() does not create local service, but returns true

I want to use a local service to fence off some logic in a singleton
class. From my Activities I try to bind to it. The method
bindService() returns true, but the Service onCreate() is never
called, nor is the ServiceConnector's onServiceConnected().

Please tell me what part I am missing.

Here is my manifest snippet (note that I do not set :remote, as I want
the service to be local):

<service android:enabled="true"
android:name=".service.ConsumptionService"/>

This is how I call the ServiceConnector and the Service:

Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(this, ConsumptionService.class);
ConsumptionServiceConnection serviceConnection = new
ConsumptionServiceConnection();
boolean isBound = bindService(serviceIntent, serviceConnection,
Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

Especially the "BIND_AUTO_CREATE" part should to the creation,
according to the documentation.

This is the Service itself:

@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
measurementDao = new MeasurementDaoImpl(this);
calculator = new TrendCalculatorImpl(measurementDao);
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return binder;
}

public class LocalBinder extends Binder {
ConsumptionService getService() {
return ConsumptionService.this;
}
}

private final IBinder binder = new LocalBinder();

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