What does run foreground mean?

context. startForegroundService(intent); Inside the service, usually in onStartCommand() , you can request that your service run in the foreground. To do so, call startForeground() .

A foreground service performs some operation that is noticeable to the user . For example, an audio app would use a foreground service to play an audio track. Foreground services must display a Notification. Foreground services continue running even when the user isn’t interacting with the app.

Open the AndroidManifest. xml file and specify it between the <manifest> and <application> tags . And we need to add this permission to automatically resume foreground service at boot time. And specify the service inside the <application> tag as follows.