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

This is what I did

1. I made the Receiver class

public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        //whatever you want to do on boot
       Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, YourService.class);
       context.startService(serviceIntent);
    }
}

2.in the manifest

    
    
        
            
                
            
        
    ...

3.and after ALL you NEED to "set" the receiver in your MainActivity, it may be inside the onCreate

...
 final ComponentName onBootReceiver = new ComponentName(getApplication().getPackageName(), BootReceiver.class.getName());
        if(getPackageManager().getComponentEnabledSetting(onBootReceiver) != PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED)
        getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(onBootReceiver,PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED,PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
...

the final steap I have learned from ApiDemos