[android-developers] Remote Service - Reconnecting

Hi,

I have implemented a RemoteService which will increment a countere
( just for testing purposes ). Therefore I have a Task class which
implements Runnable and the method run() where a infinite while loop
increments the variable.

From the client side, I start the RemoteService with startService and
then i bind to the service. When I close the activity, the service is
still running.
Now i want to rebind to the service.

How do I know if the service has already been started (therefore i
would only need to bind to the service again) or not (then I would
need to call startService() first and then bind to the service)?

What would happen, if I call startService() if the service is already
running? Does the OS start a second service, or will it affect the
service which is already running?
I am a little confused an can't find the answer in the developer
resources.

Thanks for your help in advance,
regards, Markus

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