Android services and foreground services

1. Services overview

   Started, bound and foreground services and the Service lifecycle.

2. Foreground services

   Starting foreground services, notification requirement and background start restrictions.

3. Foreground service types

   Declared foregroundServiceType values and the matching permissions.

4. Bound services

   onBind, Binder, Messenger and AIDL for client-service communication.

5. Background work overview

   Choosing between WorkManager, foreground services, alarms and coroutines.

6. Alarms

   AlarmManager, exact alarms and inexact repeating alarms.

7. Background task restrictions

   Doze mode, App Standby and wake locks.

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• Android broadcast receivers
• Android content providers
• Android data and file storage
• Android Gradle Plugin and build
• Android intents and intent filters
• Android notifications
• Android permissions
• Android security (keystore and network security config)
• Android sensors and connectivity
• Google Play services
• Guide to Android app architecture
• Kotlin coroutines on Android