Hello, I'm trying to do a periodic service but I have some questions, as it's my first time doing something like this

1)Basic service code would be:

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while(true){
//do operations
//sleep for n seconds
}

in order to stop it, do stopService() call make me exit from that loop?And is this the right way to do a periodic service?

2) As service job is very long android doc suggests to use a serviceIntent or create a thread in the service itself: what's the difference?And what is the best choice?

3)What is the best way to pass to service a LONG data list?