Android Service starts/binds correctly, but only the first time

I have a service that starts and binds correctly when it's first called, but successive bindings to that same service fail when called by other activities.

The code:

activity.startService(new Intent().setClass(activity, ServerListenerService.class));        

xmppServiceConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
        public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name) {
            ServerActivityConnection.this.xmppService = null;
        }

        public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder binder) {
            //set everything up
        }
    };

activity.bindService(new Intent().setClass(activity, ServerListenerService.class), xmppServiceConnection, Activity.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);

The second time ar开发者_StackOverflow社区ound, after the call to activity.bindService, the serviceconnection's onServiceConnected method never gets called. I use a connection class that does the binding, so the method is the same for both activities. The service is also correctly added the manifest file.

Any ideas?

Many Thanks

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In my case problem was related to bindService(). I called it only once in onResume() - following some sample.

It seems that bindService() should be called each time you start service (with ContextCompat.startForegroundService() in my case).