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

I have an additional -tag, don't know if that makes any difference.

Have you tried ommiting the if-clause "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED".equals(intent.getAction(), as the receiver probably only receives that intent anyway?