Appcelerator Titanium Android Background Service

app.js

// start service
var SECONDS = 20; // every 10 seconds
var intent = Titanium.Android.createServiceIntent({
  url: 'logservice.js'
});
intent.putExtra('interval', SECONDS * 1000); // Needs to be milliseconds

Titanium.Android.startService(intent);


// stop service
var intent = Titanium.Android.createServiceIntent({
  url: 'logservice.js'
});
Titanium.Android.stopService(intent);

logservice.js

// for Alloy this file goes in /assets
Ti.API.info('write something');

tiapp.xml

<android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <services>
    <service url="logservice.js" type="interval"/>
  </services>
</android>