# Android Background Processing, Episode 21: Foreground Service | Kodeco

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> This content was released on Jul 5 2018. The official support period is 6-months from this date.

See how to use a Foreground Service to allow your app to perform a long-running task like playing media when the rest of the app is in the background.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kodeco.com/5306-android-background-processing/lessons/21](https://www.kodeco.com/5306-android-background-processing/lessons/21)