Este IntentService que creé mostrará Toasts en onStartCommand () y en onDestroy (), pero no en onHandleIntent (). ¿Me estoy perdiendo algo sobre las limitaciones de un IntentService?

public class MyService extends IntentService {

private static final String TAG = "MyService";

public MyService(){
    super("MyService");
}

@Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
    cycle();
}

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "service starting", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); //This happens!
    return super.onStartCommand(intent,flags,startId);
}

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    Toast.makeText(this, "service stopping", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); //This happens!
    super.onDestroy();
}

private void cycle(){
      Toast.makeText(this, "cycle done", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();  //This DOESN'T happen!
      Log.d(TAG,"cycle completed"); //This happens!
}
}