A service is not running in it's own thread by default. It uses the main thread (same thread as your activity). It is a little confusing if you look at the lifecycles of a service and an activity so you might think that it is running in the "background" by default.
What you should do is writing a function that starts a thread for each download you want to do. This can look like: class YourService extends Service { /** * class that will be used to create a new thread */ class Downloader implements Runnable { private Uri uri; public void setUri(Uri uri) { this.uri = uri; } public void run() { // code to download file } } // inside your method start a new thread: private void startDownloadThread(Uri uri) { Downloader d = new Downloader(); d.setUri(uri); Thread t = new Thread(d); t.start(); } } I havn't tested this code so maybe you have to play around a little to get it work Am 28.08.2009 um 00:26 schrieb Justin Anderson: > Some source code might help... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Imran <imran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey All, > > I have a service which should download files in background, i am > calling this service form another activity, > the problem is when i am calling this service form another > Activity the present Activity is getting Freezed( i.e not able to get > control back ) until the all files in service are downloaded. > > once all the files in the service are downloaded the activity is > getting the control back. > > what i want is the the service should download all the files in > background with effecting the Activity which called the service. > > Help me Guys..!! > > Thanks, > Imran > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---