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copied!<blockquote> <p>You can check the following links <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html" rel="nofollow">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html</a> <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html" rel="nofollow">http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html</a> <a href="http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidServices/article.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidServices/article.html</a></p> </blockquote> <p>You can add a thread which will download code after every 5 seconds. Here is the code</p> <pre><code>import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.IBinder; import android.util.Log; import android.widget.Toast; public class MyService extends Service { String tag="TestService"; @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); Toast.makeText(this, "Service created...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); Log.i(tag, "Service created..."); } @Override public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) { super.onStart(intent, startId); Log.i(tag, "Service started..."); fetchData(); } public void fetchData() { new Thread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { while(true) { final String strRes = downloadXML("http://uri.com"); runOnUiThread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { //do whatever once download complete } }); try{ Thread.sleep(5000); }catch(Exception ee){} } } }).start(); } @Override public void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); Toast.makeText(this, "Service destroyed...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { return null; } } </code></pre>

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