title: Android: AsyncTask vs Service
body: <p>Why do I read in the answer to most questions here a lot about <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/AsyncTask.html"><code>AsyncTask</code></a> and Loaders but nothing about <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html">Services</a>? Are Services just not known very well or are they deprecated or have some bad attributes or something? What are the differences?</p>
  
  <p>(By the way, I know that there are other threads about it, but none really states clear differences that help a developer to easily decide if he is better off using the one or the other for an actual problem.)</p>