title: Service that survives Task Killers like Pandora / How do Services actually work?
body: <p>First off, this is not aimed at perpetuating bloatware and other bad practices.  I know many will say "don't do that" but I promise to respect users.</p>
  
  <p>I am building an app where I would like a service to run indefinitely.  A couple questions:</p>
  
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  <li><p>Are services listed in Advanced Task Killer? Or just Activities?</p></li>
  <li><p>What's with the services that are always running (Settings -> Apps -> Running Services) like Skype, Swype, etc?  I realize Skype could be a process with higher permissions than any Market apps (like packaged into kernel by Verizon or HTC), but Swype was something I installed (Beta for Incredible).  So how does that manage to always run in the background?  Furthermore - these items are not listed by Advanced Task Killer.</p></li>
  <li><p>How does Pandora work.  It keeps running even when you Task Kill it?  Furthermore it's not re-launching itself because the music keeps playing smoothly.  </p></li>
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  <p>Ideally I would like to build a Pandora-esque app where the users explicity hit the OFF button, but it will survive trigger happy task killers like myself.  This would be a feature users are aware of / would agree to.</p>