On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Asym <asm....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fundamental question, is there any difference in the functionality of a
> service and an application?
>

Yes. Big difference.


>  I know there is minimum user interaction involved with a service but can a
> service also perform read write operations for example to the sdcard?
>

Yes. It's a Context and can do whatever a Context can do.


> Can a service invoke other services or applications?
>

Yes.

Sounds like you need to look over the documentation.

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