I have a service which sends a notification when the user changes his/her location. This service is working fine, but the problem arises when the user closes the app as the service closes too.

**How I can make the service still alive even though the application was closed?** 

**My Service is:**

```
public class LocationService extends Service implements LocationListener {
    public final static int MINUTE = 1000 * 60;

    boolean isGPSEnabled = false;
    boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;
    boolean canGetLocation = false;

    Location location; // location
    double latitude = 0; // latitude
    double longitude = 0; // longitude
    String provider;

    // The minimum distance to change Updates in meters
    private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 10;

    // The minimum time between updates in milliseconds
    private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1 * MINUTE;

    // Declaring a Location Manager
    protected LocationManager locationManager;

    // Binder given to clients
    private final IBinder mBinder = new LocalBinder();

    /**
     * Class used for the client Binder. Because we know this service always
     * runs in the same process as its clients, we don't need to deal with IPC.
     */
    public class LocalBinder extends Binder {
        public LocationService getService() {
            // Return this instance of LocalService so clients can call public
            // methods
            return LocationService.this;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        return mBinder;
    }

    public Location getLocation() {
        try {
            locationManager = (LocationManager) getBaseContext().getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);

            // getting GPS status
            isGPSEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

            // getting network status
            isNetworkEnabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

            if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) {
                // no network provider is enabled. DEFAULT COORDINATES

            } else {
                this.canGetLocation = true;
                if (isNetworkEnabled) {
                    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES, MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES,
                            this);
                    Log.d("Network", "Network Enabled");
                    if (locationManager != null) {
                        location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                        if (location != null) {
                            latitude = location.getLatitude();
                            longitude = location.getLongitude();
                        }
                    }
                }
                // if GPS Enabled get lat/long using GPS Services
                if (isGPSEnabled) {
                    if (location == null) {
                        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES, MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES,
                                this);
                        Log.d("GPS", "GPS Enabled");
                        if (locationManager != null) {
                            location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                            if (location != null) {
                                latitude = location.getLatitude();
                                longitude = location.getLongitude();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        Log.i("LOCATION", "Latitude: " + latitude + "- Longitude: " + longitude);

        return location;
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location arg0) {

        NotificationManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) this.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        Intent intent = null;

        intent = new Intent(this, CompleteSurveyActivity.class);

        PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

        NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this).setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher).setAutoCancel(true)
                .setContentIntent(contentIntent).setContentTitle(this.getString(R.string.app_name)).setContentText("text");

        // mBuilder.setContentIntent(contentIntent);
        mNotificationManager.notify((int) System.currentTimeMillis() % Integer.MAX_VALUE, mBuilder.build());

        double longitude = location.getLongitude();
        double latitude = location.getLatitude();

        Log.i("LOCATION", "Latitude: " + latitude + "- Longitude: " + longitude);

    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String arg0, int arg1, Bundle arg2) {
    }

}

```

**I called from here:**

```
public class MyActivity extends Activity {

    LocationService mService;
    boolean mBound = false;

    private ServiceConnection mConnection = new ServiceConnection() {

        @Override
        public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className, IBinder service) {
            // We've bound to LocalService, cast the IBinder and get
            // LocalService instance
            LocalBinder binder = (LocalBinder) service;
            mService = binder.getService();
            mBound = true;

        }

        @Override
        public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName arg0) {
            mBound = false;
        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.my_activity);

        exampleButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                initService();
            }
        });

    }

    public void initService() {
        if (mBound)
            mService.getLocation();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        // Bind to LocalService
        Intent intent = new Intent(this, LocationService.class);
        bindService(intent, mConnection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        // Unbind from the service
        if (mBound) {
            unbindService(mConnection);
            mBound = false;
        }
    }
}

```

**Manifest.xml**

```
  <service android:name=".LocationService" android:enabled="true"></service>

```