Service 与 IntentService 的区别

1.在Service中，不会起起新线程；所以，如果要做耗时操作，就要手动起新线程；而 IntentService 则不需要，会主动起新线程。

2.Service需要手动关闭。而 IntentService在处理完后自动关闭。

下面来看看分析IntentService源码，看看为什么有以上两个区别

IntentService全部源码

/* * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */package android.app;import android.annotation.WorkerThread;import android.content.Intent;import android.os.Handler;import android.os.HandlerThread;import android.os.IBinder;import android.os.Looper;import android.os.Message;/** * IntentService is a base class for {@link Service}s that handle asynchronous * requests (expressed as {@link Intent}s) on demand.  Clients send requests * through {@link android.content.Context#startService(Intent)} calls; the * service is started as needed, handles each Intent in turn using a worker * thread, and stops itself when it runs out of work. * * <p>This "work queue processor" pattern is commonly used to offload tasks * from an application's main thread.  The IntentService class exists to * simplify this pattern and take care of the mechanics.  To use it, extend * IntentService and implement {@link #onHandleIntent(Intent)}.  IntentService * will receive the Intents, launch a worker thread, and stop the service as * appropriate. * * <p>All requests are handled on a single worker thread -- they may take as * long as necessary (and will not block the application's main loop), but * only one request will be processed at a time. * * <div class="special reference"> * <h3>Developer Guides</h3> * <p>For a detailed discussion about how to create services, read the * <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html">Services</a> developer guide.</p> * </div> * * @see android.os.AsyncTask */public abstract class IntentService extends Service {    private volatile Looper mServiceLooper;    private volatile ServiceHandler mServiceHandler;    private String mName;    private boolean mRedelivery;    private final class ServiceHandler extends Handler {        public ServiceHandler(Looper looper) {            super(looper);        }        @Override        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {            onHandleIntent((Intent)msg.obj);            stopSelf(msg.arg1);        }    }    /**     * Creates an IntentService.  Invoked by your subclass's constructor.     *     * @param name Used to name the worker thread, important only for debugging.     */    public IntentService(String name) {        super();        mName = name;    }    /**     * Sets intent redelivery preferences.  Usually called from the constructor     * with your preferred semantics.     *     * <p>If enabled is true,     * {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} will return     * {@link Service#START_REDELIVER_INTENT}, so if this process dies before     * {@link #onHandleIntent(Intent)} returns, the process will be restarted     * and the intent redelivered.  If multiple Intents have been sent, only     * the most recent one is guaranteed to be redelivered.     *     * <p>If enabled is false (the default),     * {@link #onStartCommand(Intent, int, int)} will return     * {@link Service#START_NOT_STICKY}, and if the process dies, the Intent     * dies along with it.     */    public void setIntentRedelivery(boolean enabled) {        mRedelivery = enabled;    }    @Override    public void onCreate() {        // TODO: It would be nice to have an option to hold a partial wakelock        // during processing, and to have a static startService(Context, Intent)        // method that would launch the service & hand off a wakelock.        super.onCreate();        HandlerThread thread = new HandlerThread("IntentService[" + mName + "]");        thread.start();        mServiceLooper = thread.getLooper();        mServiceHandler = new ServiceHandler(mServiceLooper);    }    @Override    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {        Message msg = mServiceHandler.obtainMessage();        msg.arg1 = startId;        msg.obj = intent;        mServiceHandler.sendMessage(msg);    }    /**     * You should not override this method for your IntentService. Instead,     * override {@link #onHandleIntent}, which the system calls when the IntentService     * receives a start request.     * @see android.app.Service#onStartCommand     */    @Override    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {        onStart(intent, startId);        return mRedelivery ? START_REDELIVER_INTENT : START_NOT_STICKY;    }    @Override    public void onDestroy() {        mServiceLooper.quit();    }    /**     * Unless you provide binding for your service, you don't need to implement this     * method, because the default implementation returns null.      * @see android.app.Service#onBind     */    @Override    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {        return null;    }    /**     * This method is invoked on the worker thread with a request to process.     * Only one Intent is processed at a time, but the processing happens on a     * worker thread that runs independently from other application logic.     * So, if this code takes a long time, it will hold up other requests to     * the same IntentService, but it will not hold up anything else.     * When all requests have been handled, the IntentService stops itself,     * so you should not call {@link #stopSelf}.     *     * @param intent The value passed to {@link     *               android.content.Context#startService(Intent)}.     */    @WorkerThread    protected abstract void onHandleIntent(Intent intent);}