I've been trying to start a service when a device boots up on android, but I cannot get it to work. I've looked at a number of links online but none of the code works. Am I forgetting something?
<receiver
android:name=".StartServiceAtBootReceiver"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="false"
android:label="StartServiceAtBootReceiver" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action._BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service
android:name="com.test.RunService"
android:enabled="true" />
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if ("android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED".equals(intent.getAction())) {
Intent serviceLauncher = new Intent(context, RunService.class);
context.startService(serviceLauncher);
Log.v("TEST", "Service loaded at start");
}
}
The other answers look good, but I thought I'd wrap everything up into one complete answer.
You need the following in your AndroidManifest.xml
file:
In your <manifest>
element:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
In your <application>
element (be sure to use a fully-qualified [or relative] class name for your BroadcastReceiver
):
<receiver android:name="com.example.MyBroadcastReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
(you don't need the android:enabled
, exported
, etc., attributes: the Android defaults are correct)
In MyBroadcastReceiver.java
:
package com.example;
public class MyBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Intent startServiceIntent = new Intent(context, MyService.class);
context.startService(startServiceIntent);
}
}
From the original question:
<receiver>
element was in the <application>
elementBroadcastReceiver
was specified<intent-filter>