Trying to start a service on boot on Android

Question

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

Answer 1

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:

1. In your element:

2. In your element (be sure to use a fully-qualified [or relative] class name for your BroadcastReceiver):

   (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:

• it's not clear if the element was in the element
• it's not clear if the correct fully-qualified (or relative) class name for the BroadcastReceiver was specified
• there was a typo in the