public class HttpWebService extends Service {

@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();

....

@Override

    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {

        // this will trigger AbstractBackgroundService.onStart()

        super.onStart(intent, startId);

        Log.d(LOG_TAG, "onStart" + intent);

    }

    @Override

    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {

        int retVal = super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);

        Log.d(LOG_TAG, "onStartCommand" + intent);

        return retVal;

    }

}

  this.bindService(new Intent(this, HttpWebService.class),

         new ServiceConnection() {

         @Override

         public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name,

         IBinder service) {

        HttpWebService webService = ((HttpWebService.LocalBinder) service)

         .getService();

         webService.SetServerListener(webListener);

         }

         @Override

         public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {

         }

         }, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

Intent intent = new Intent("com.example.sharefiles.services.ShareServices.Test");

        intent.setClass(getApplicationContext(), HttpWebService.class);

        intent.putExtra("enable", true);

        this.startService(intent);

Called by the system every time a client explicitly starts the service by calling startService(Intent), providing the arguments it supplied and a unique integer token representing the start request.