IntentService isn't starting

Question

I have this IntentService inside a class. The intent service is not starting. What am i doing wrong?

public class getListOfUsersService extends IntentService {  
  public getListOfUsersService() {        
  super("DownloadListOfUsersIntentService");     
     System.out.println("intentService started");   
  }
 @Override  
  protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {    
   System.out.println("intentService onHandle started");           
    mService.sendMessage(Protocols.REQUEST_SEND_USER_LIST);
          while(true) {
                UserHolder UH = new UserHolder();
                String usersdata = mService.getString();
                System.out.println("userdata: "+ usersdata);
                String array[] = usersdata.split("<!!>");
                UH.setUserName(array[1]);
                UH.setUserPhoneNum(array[2]);
                userHolderList.add(UH);
                System.out.println("added to usersList");               
                if(isDone) break;
           }

      }
    }

I start it in a method :

public void update() {
    System.out.println("update");
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, getListOfUsersService.class);
    startService(intent);
}

I registered it in the Manifest:

 <service
        android:name=".getListOfUsersService"
        android:exported="false"/>

Answer 1

You cannot have non-static inner Service class. If you want to have an inner Service class, declare it as static and specify it in manifest file:

<service android:name="com.my.package.OuterClass$InnerServiceClass" />

Answer 2

Is <service ...> a child of <application...> ? If it's not, it may be the problem.

One more suggestion is to use the context returned by getApplicationContext(), but that should not be thus important.