Using a seperate process

Add the process tag in the manifest

• We mark the service to be run in a separate process as below

<service android:name=".service.PlayerService"
         android:process=":playerprocess"/>

Use messenger for communication

By the below way, a messenger can be passed between the Activity and Service as a binder.

• Return messenger reference instead of IBinder reference
• A messenger is just a reference to a handler.
• Basically when you create a messenger we pass a handler during the creation.
• A messenger can be transformed into a binder.
• A messenger can be created from a binder.

How it works

• Create a Handler to handle the messages to be sent into Service.