How to set Priority of IntentService in Android

I was wondering if it is possible to set the priority of an

IntentService

like you can with a

Thread

. So far I have not found anything.

CommonsWare

Answer Source

The HandlerThread that IntentService uses is not exposed to the SDK. It is set to Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT as a priority.

Note that IntentService is 143 lines of code, including whitespace and comments, so you might consider just cloning it to have one with the priority you seek.

How to set Priority of IntentService in Android

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