title: Reasons why an IntentService won't start?
body: <p>I have an Android IntentService that is behaving strangely.  I am sending it an intent via a call to startService(intent).</p>
  
  <p>(I apologize, I'm away from my desk and can't paste any actual code.)</p>
  
  <p>When I make the above call nothing happens.  Neither the constructor nor the onHandleIntent methods are called in the Intent Service.  There are no compiler warnings or errors and I see nothing of interest in the Console or Log.</p>
  
  <p>As I continue to investigate this, I was just wondering if there is a short list of likely reasons why an IntentService would not start like this with no obvious evidence of why.  Is the problem likely in the manifest file?</p>