title: Why is this simple service not starting?
body: <p>I have a service with a handler that has to write "Hello" in the logcat every 5 seconds. But it doesn't write nothing on the logcat... It's like the service is not executing, and I put a breakpoint on it and the debug mode never stops on the breakpoint.</p>
  
  <p>I start the service, in the first activity of my app, with this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>startService(new Intent(GPSLoc.this, MyServiceNotifications.class)); //enciendo el service
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am sure that the code <code>startService</code> is executed because it is called before starting another activity, and the other activity starts.</p>
  
  <p>This is the code of my service:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MyServiceNotifications extends Service {
  
      boolean serviceStopped;
  
      private Handler mHandler;
      private Runnable updateRunnable = new Runnable() {
          @Override
          public void run() {
              if (serviceStopped == false)
              {
                  createNotificationIcon();
              }
              queueRunnable();
          }
      };
  
      private void queueRunnable() {
          // 600000 : cada 10 minutos, comprueba si hay nuevas notificaciones y actualiza la
          // notification BAR
          mHandler.postDelayed(updateRunnable, 5000);
  
      }
  
      @Override
      public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
          return null;
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate() {
          serviceStopped = false;
  
          // //////////////////////////////////////MANEJADOR SIMILAR A UN HILO
          mHandler = new Handler();
          queueRunnable();
          // ///////////////////////////////////// FIN MANEJADOR
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onDestroy() {
          serviceStopped = true;
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onStart(Intent intent, int startid) {
  
      }
  
      public void createNotificationIcon()
      {
          Log.d("MyServiceNotifications", "Hello");
      }    
  }
  </code></pre>