Async task versus service to download data

Issue

I want to know which is better to download files, async task or service?

My app has eight buttons, which one starts one direfferent download (which download has ~10MB). When the user clicks on one button or more to download data is better to use async task or service?

Thanks!

Solution

In any case you should use AsyncTask because even service runs in the main (GUI) thread where no networking should be done. Whether to run the AsyncTask in a service or an activity depends on whether you want that download to continue in background.

Answered By - StenSoft