JobIntentService

Added in 1.1.0
Deprecated in 1.6.0

public abstract class JobIntentService extends Service


Helper for processing work that has been enqueued for a job/service. When running on Android O or later, the work will be dispatched as a job via JobScheduler.enqueue. When running on older versions of the platform, it will use Context.startService.

You must publish your subclass in your manifest for the system to interact with. This should be published as a android.app.job.JobService, as described for that class, since on O and later platforms it will be executed that way.

Use enqueueWork to enqueue new work to be dispatched to and handled by your service. It will be executed in onHandleWork.

You do not need to use androidx.legacy.content.WakefulBroadcastReceiver when using this class. When running on Android O, the JobScheduler will take care of wake locks for you (holding a wake lock from the time you enqueue work until the job has been dispatched and while it is running). When running on previous versions of the platform, this wake lock handling is emulated in the class here by directly calling the PowerManager; this means the application must request the WAKE_LOCK permission.

There are a few important differences in behavior when running on Android O or later as a Job vs. pre-O:

  • When running as a pre-O service, the act of enqueueing work will generally start the service immediately, regardless of whether the device is dozing or in other conditions. When running as a Job, it will be subject to standard JobScheduler policies for a Job with a setOverrideDeadline of 0: the job will not run while the device is dozing, it may get delayed more than a service if the device is under strong memory pressure with lots of demand to run jobs.

  • When running as a pre-O service, the normal service execution semantics apply: the service can run indefinitely, though the longer it runs the more likely the system will be to outright kill its process, and under memory pressure one should expect the process to be killed even of recently started services. When running as a Job, the typical android.app.job.JobService execution time limit will apply, after which the job will be stopped (cleanly, not by killing the process) and rescheduled to continue its execution later. Job are generally not killed when the system is under memory pressure, since the number of concurrent jobs is adjusted based on the memory state of the device.

Here is an example implementation of this class:

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.SystemClock;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.core.app.JobIntentService;

import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;

/**
 * Example implementation of a JobIntentService.
 */
public class SimpleJobIntentService extends JobIntentService {
    /**
     * Unique job ID for this service.
     */
    static final int JOB_ID = 1000;

    /**
     * Convenience method for enqueuing work in to this service.
     */
    static void enqueueWork(Context context, Intent work) {
        enqueueWork(context, SimpleJobIntentService.class, JOB_ID, work);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onHandleWork(@NonNull Intent intent) {
        // We have received work to do.  The system or framework is already
        // holding a wake lock for us at this point, so we can just go.
        Log.i("SimpleJobIntentService", "Executing work: " + intent);
        String label = intent.getStringExtra("label");
        if (label == null) {
            label = intent.toString();
        }
        toast("Executing: " + label);
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            Log.i("SimpleJobIntentService", "Running service " + (i + 1)
                    + "/5 @ " + SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            }
        }
        Log.i("SimpleJobIntentService", "Completed service @ " + SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        toast("All work complete");
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    final Handler mHandler = new Handler();

    // Helper for showing tests
    void toast(final CharSequence text) {
        mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override public void run() {
                Toast.makeText(SimpleJobIntentService.this, text, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });
    }
}

Summary

Public constructors

Default empty constructor.

Public methods

static void
enqueueWork(
    @NonNull Context context,
    @NonNull Class<Object> cls,
    int jobId,
    @NonNull Intent work
)

Call this to enqueue work for your subclass of JobIntentService.

static void
enqueueWork(
    @NonNull Context context,
    @NonNull ComponentName component,
    int jobId,
    @NonNull Intent work
)

Like enqueueWork, but supplies a ComponentName for the service to interact with instead of its class.

boolean

Returns true if onStopCurrentWork has been called.

IBinder

Returns the IBinder for the android.app.job.JobServiceEngine when running as a JobService on O and later platforms.

void
void
int
onStartCommand(@Nullable Intent intent, int flags, int startId)

Processes start commands when running as a pre-O service, enqueueing them to be later dispatched in onHandleWork.

boolean

This will be called if the JobScheduler has decided to stop this job.

void
setInterruptIfStopped(boolean interruptIfStopped)

Control whether code executing in onHandleWork will be interrupted if the job is stopped.

Protected methods

abstract void

Called serially for each work dispatched to and processed by the service.

Inherited Constants

From android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
static final int
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static final int

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static final int

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static final int

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static final int
From android.content.Context
static final String
ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE = "accessibility"
static final String
ACCOUNT_SERVICE = "account"
static final String
ACTIVITY_SERVICE = "activity"
static final String
ALARM_SERVICE = "alarm"
static final String
APPWIDGET_SERVICE = "appwidget"
static final String
APP_OPS_SERVICE = "appops"
static final String
APP_SEARCH_SERVICE = "app_search"
static final String
AUDIO_SERVICE = "audio"
static final String
BATTERY_SERVICE = "batterymanager"
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
BIND_EXTERNAL_SERVICE = -2147483648
static final long
BIND_EXTERNAL_SERVICE_LONG = 4611686018427387904
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final String
BIOMETRIC_SERVICE = "biometric"
static final String
BLOB_STORE_SERVICE = "blob_store"
static final String
BLUETOOTH_SERVICE = "bluetooth"
static final String
BUGREPORT_SERVICE = "bugreport"
static final String
CAMERA_SERVICE = "camera"
static final String
CAPTIONING_SERVICE = "captioning"
static final String
CARRIER_CONFIG_SERVICE = "carrier_config"
static final String
CLIPBOARD_SERVICE = "clipboard"
static final String
COMPANION_DEVICE_SERVICE = "companiondevice"
static final String
CONNECTIVITY_DIAGNOSTICS_SERVICE = "connectivity_diagnostics"
static final String
CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE = "connectivity"
static final String
CONSUMER_IR_SERVICE = "consumer_ir"
static final String
CONTACT_KEYS_SERVICE = "contact_keys"
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final String
CREDENTIAL_SERVICE = "credential"
static final String
CROSS_PROFILE_APPS_SERVICE = "crossprofileapps"
static final int
static final int
static final String
DEVICE_LOCK_SERVICE = "device_lock"
static final String
DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE = "device_policy"
static final String
DISPLAY_HASH_SERVICE = "display_hash"
static final String
DISPLAY_SERVICE = "display"
static final String
DOMAIN_VERIFICATION_SERVICE = "domain_verification"
static final String
DOWNLOAD_SERVICE = "download"
static final String
DROPBOX_SERVICE = "dropbox"
static final String
EUICC_SERVICE = "euicc"
static final String
FILE_INTEGRITY_SERVICE = "file_integrity"
static final String
FINGERPRINT_SERVICE = "fingerprint"
static final String
GAME_SERVICE = "game"
static final String
GRAMMATICAL_INFLECTION_SERVICE = "grammatical_inflection"
static final String
HARDWARE_PROPERTIES_SERVICE = "hardware_properties"
static final String
HEALTHCONNECT_SERVICE = "healthconnect"
static final String
INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE = "input_method"
static final String
INPUT_SERVICE = "input"
static final String
IPSEC_SERVICE = "ipsec"
static final String
JOB_SCHEDULER_SERVICE = "jobscheduler"
static final String
KEYGUARD_SERVICE = "keyguard"
static final String
LAUNCHER_APPS_SERVICE = "launcherapps"
static final String
LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE = "layout_inflater"
static final String
LOCALE_SERVICE = "locale"
static final String
LOCATION_SERVICE = "location"
static final String
MEDIA_COMMUNICATION_SERVICE = "media_communication"
static final String
MEDIA_METRICS_SERVICE = "media_metrics"
static final String
MEDIA_PROJECTION_SERVICE = "media_projection"
static final String
MEDIA_ROUTER_SERVICE = "media_router"
static final String
MEDIA_SESSION_SERVICE = "media_session"
static final String
MIDI_SERVICE = "midi"
static final int
MODE_APPEND = 32768
static final int
static final int

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static final int
static final int
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static final int

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static final String
static final String
NFC_SERVICE = "nfc"
static final String
NOTIFICATION_SERVICE = "notification"
static final String
NSD_SERVICE = "servicediscovery"
static final String
OVERLAY_SERVICE = "overlay"
static final String
PEOPLE_SERVICE = "people"
static final String
PERFORMANCE_HINT_SERVICE = "performance_hint"
static final String
PERSISTENT_DATA_BLOCK_SERVICE = "persistent_data_block"
static final String
POWER_SERVICE = "power"
static final String
PRINT_SERVICE = "print"
static final String
PROFILING_SERVICE = "profiling"
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final String
RESTRICTIONS_SERVICE = "restrictions"
static final String
ROLE_SERVICE = "role"
static final String
SEARCH_SERVICE = "search"
static final String
SECURITY_STATE_SERVICE = "security_state"
static final String
SENSOR_SERVICE = "sensor"
static final String
SHORTCUT_SERVICE = "shortcut"
static final String
STATUS_BAR_SERVICE = "statusbar"
static final String
STORAGE_SERVICE = "storage"
static final String
STORAGE_STATS_SERVICE = "storagestats"
static final String
SYSTEM_HEALTH_SERVICE = "systemhealth"
static final String
TELECOM_SERVICE = "telecom"
static final String
TELEPHONY_IMS_SERVICE = "telephony_ims"
static final String
static final String
TELEPHONY_SUBSCRIPTION_SERVICE = "telephony_subscription_service"
static final String
TEXT_CLASSIFICATION_SERVICE = "textclassification"
static final String
static final String
TV_INPUT_SERVICE = "tv_input"
static final String
TV_INTERACTIVE_APP_SERVICE = "tv_interactive_app"
static final String
UI_MODE_SERVICE = "uimode"
static final String
USAGE_STATS_SERVICE = "usagestats"
static final String
USB_SERVICE = "usb"
static final String
USER_SERVICE = "user"
static final String
VIBRATOR_MANAGER_SERVICE = "vibrator_manager"
static final String
VIBRATOR_SERVICE = "vibrator"

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static final String
VIRTUAL_DEVICE_SERVICE = "virtualdevice"
static final String
VPN_MANAGEMENT_SERVICE = "vpn_management"
static final String
WALLPAPER_SERVICE = "wallpaper"
static final String
WIFI_AWARE_SERVICE = "wifiaware"
static final String
WIFI_P2P_SERVICE = "wifip2p"
static final String
static final String
WIFI_SERVICE = "wifi"
static final String
WINDOW_SERVICE = "window"
From android.app.Service
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
static final int
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static final int

Inherited methods

From android.content.Context
final int
getColor(int id)
final ColorStateList
final Drawable
getDrawable(int id)
final String
getString(int resId)
final T
<T> getSystemService(Class<T> serviceClass)
final CharSequence
getText(int resId)
final TypedArray
void
void
sendBroadcastWithMultiplePermissions(
    Intent intent,
    String[] receiverPermissions
)
From android.content.ContextWrapper
boolean
bindIsolatedService(
    Intent service,
    int flags,
    String instanceName,
    Executor executor,
    ServiceConnection conn
)
boolean
bindService(Intent service, ServiceConnection conn, int flags)
boolean
bindServiceAsUser(
    Intent service,
    ServiceConnection conn,
    int flags,
    UserHandle user
)
int
int
checkCallingOrSelfUriPermission(Uri uri, int modeFlags)
int[]
checkCallingOrSelfUriPermissions(List<Uri> uris, int modeFlags)
int
int
checkCallingUriPermission(Uri uri, int modeFlags)
int[]
checkCallingUriPermissions(List<Uri> uris, int modeFlags)
int
checkContentUriPermissionFull(Uri uri, int pid, int uid, int modeFlags)
int
checkPermission(String permission, int pid, int uid)
int
int
checkUriPermission(Uri uri, int pid, int uid, int modeFlags)
int[]
checkUriPermissions(List<Uri> uris, int pid, int uid, int modeFlags)
void

This method is deprecated.

Context
Context
Context
Context
Context
createDeviceContext(int deviceId)
Context
Context
Context
createPackageContext(String packageName, int flags)
Context
createWindowContext(int type, Bundle options)
String[]
boolean
boolean
boolean
void
void
enforceCallingOrSelfUriPermission(
    Uri uri,
    int modeFlags,
    String message
)
void
enforceCallingPermission(String permission, String message)
void
enforceCallingUriPermission(Uri uri, int modeFlags, String message)
void
enforcePermission(String permission, int pid, int uid, String message)
void
enforceUriPermission(
    Uri uri,
    int pid,
    int uid,
    int modeFlags,
    String message
)
String[]
Context
ApplicationInfo
AssetManager
AttributionSource
String
Context
File
ClassLoader
File
ContentResolver
File
File
int
File
getDir(String name, int mode)
Display
File
File[]
File
File[]
File[]

This method is deprecated.

File
File
Executor
Looper
File
File
File[]
String
String
PackageManager
String
String
ContextParams
Resources
SharedPreferences
getSharedPreferences(String name, int mode)
Object
String
Resources.Theme
Drawable

This method is deprecated.

int

This method is deprecated.

int

This method is deprecated.

void
grantUriPermission(String toPackage, Uri uri, int modeFlags)
boolean
boolean
boolean
boolean
moveDatabaseFrom(Context sourceContext, String name)
boolean
moveSharedPreferencesFrom(Context sourceContext, String name)
FileInputStream
FileOutputStream
openFileOutput(String name, int mode)
SQLiteDatabase
openOrCreateDatabase(
    String name,
    int mode,
    SQLiteDatabase.CursorFactory factory
)
Drawable

This method is deprecated.

void
void
Intent
void

This method is deprecated.

void

This method is deprecated.

void
void
revokeUriPermission(Uri uri, int modeFlags)
void
void
void
sendOrderedBroadcast(Intent intent, String receiverPermission)
void
sendOrderedBroadcastAsUser(
    Intent intent,
    UserHandle user,
    String receiverPermission,
    BroadcastReceiver resultReceiver,
    Handler scheduler,
    int initialCode,
    String initialData,
    Bundle initialExtras
)
void

This method is deprecated.

void

This method is deprecated.

void