title: My service stop after the back button
body: <p>I have a service and an activity that communicate.
  When I click the button(I have galaxy s3 there is only one button) then my activity of course disapear and my service is keep running but if I click the back (touch) button then my service is destroyed.
  How can I change that?I want the service to keep running untill the activity destroys it.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p>
  
  <p>Here is the code:</p>
  
  <p>Service:
      public class MyService  extends Service
      {
          private static final String TAG = "BroadcastService";
          public static final String BROADCAST_ACTION = "com.websmithing.broadcasttest.displayevent";
          private final Handler handler = new Handler();
          private Intent intent;
          int counter = 0;</p>
  
  <pre><code>    @Override
      public void onCreate() 
      {
          super.onCreate();
          intent = new Intent(BROADCAST_ACTION);  
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) 
      {
         // handler.removeCallbacks(sendUpdatesToUI);
          handler.postDelayed(sendUpdatesToUI, 1000); // 1 second
  
      }
  
      private Runnable sendUpdatesToUI = new Runnable() {
          public void run() {
              DisplayLoggingInfo();           
              handler.postDelayed(this, 1000); // 10 seconds
          }
      };    
  
      private void DisplayLoggingInfo() {
          intent.putExtra("counter", String.valueOf(++counter));
          sendBroadcast(intent);
      }
  
      @Override
      public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
          return null;
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onDestroy() {       
          handler.removeCallbacks(sendUpdatesToUI);       
          super.onDestroy();
      }       
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Activity:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MainActivity extends Activity {
      private static final String TAG = "BroadcastTest";
      private Intent intent;
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
          intent = new Intent(this, MyService.class);
  
          startService(intent);
          registerReceiver(broadcastReceiver, new IntentFilter(MyService.BROADCAST_ACTION));
      }
  
      private BroadcastReceiver broadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
          @Override
          public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
              updateUI(intent);       
          }
      };    
  
  
      @Override
      public void onDestroy() {
          super.onPause();
          unregisterReceiver(broadcastReceiver);
          stopService(intent);        
      }   
  
      private void updateUI(Intent intent) 
      {
          String counter = intent.getStringExtra("counter"); 
          Log.d(TAG, counter);
  
          TextView txtCounter = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
          txtCounter.setText(counter);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>