android - How to cancel a JobIntentService

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    JobIntentService

is implemented as an


    IntentService

. While you could use


    stopService()

to destroy an


    IntentService

, this may not have an effect on the background thread used for


    onHandleIntent()

(I have never tried this). – CommonsWare Aug 28, 2017 at 15:15

JobIntentService is only bringing IntentService to Android 8+ that is more strict about background services. It runs like old IntentService s on devices with older versions of Android.

IntentService has never been designed to be cancelled , hence the lack of any API to cancel a JobIntentService .

Therefore, JobIntenService should only be used for work that don't need to be cancelled. Note that JobIntentService can still be used for work that can fail , and consequently, be aborted.

Work that can be cancelled should be executed in either:


    Activity

(or its


    ViewModel

) for short duration work

A JobService (using Firebase Job Dispatcher or Job Scheduler if minSdk is 21)

A custom foreground service

Prior to Android 8.0, JobIntentService is implemented as an IntentService . IntentService does not stop or take any other requests through some intent action until its onHandleIntent method completes the previous request. stopService () won't be called until the task is finished.And it's called automatically when it is. That's a feature of IntentService But a similar question was already answered here referring to IntentServices , hope it helps.

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