What is the difference between Service & Intent Service ?

The main differences between Service and IntentService in Android are:

• Service runs on the main thread of the application, while IntentService creates a worker thread to run the service[1][3][5].
• Service needs to manually stop itself using stopSelf(), but IntentService automatically stops itself when there are no more intents to process[1][3].
• Service can be started from any thread, but IntentService can only be started from the main thread[1][5].
• Service allows binding from other components, but IntentService cannot be bound by default[3].
• Service processes intents concurrently, while IntentService processes intents sequentially in a queue[1][3].
• Service is more flexible and allows more control over the service lifecycle and threads, whi...