start my service on phone restart in android

Question

I am making app which tracks user location continuously, so far i have been able to make a successful receiving of its ordinate on location change, but if he is restarting the phone than i am not able to start my service without user again opening the app.

• Manifest.xml

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.aa.gpsdemo"
  android:versionCode="1"
  android:versionName="1.0" >
  
  <uses-sdk
  android:minSdkVersion="8"
  android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
  
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
  
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS"/>   
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
  
  
  <application
  android:allowBackup="true"
  android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
  <activity
      android:name="com.aa.gpsdemo.MainActivity"
      android:label="@string/app_name" >
      <intent-filter>
          <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
  
          <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
      </intent-filter>
  </activity>
  <service android:name=".MyService" android:label="My Service">
      <intent-filter>
      <action android:name="com.aa.gpsdemo.StartMyServiceAtBootReciever" />
      </intent-filter>
  </service>
  <receiver
      android:name=".receiver.StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver"
      android:enabled="true"
      android:exported="true"
      android:label="StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver">
      <intent-filter>
          <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
      </intent-filter>
  </receiver> 
      </application>
  
      </manifest>
  

• StartMyServiceAtBootReciever.java

  package com.aa.gpsdemo;
  import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.content.Intent;
  
  public class StartMyServiceAtBootReciever extends BroadcastReceiver {
  
  @Override
  public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
      if ("android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED".equals(intent.getAction())) {
      Intent serviceIntent = new Intent("com.aa.gpsdemo.BackgroundService");
      context.startService(serviceIntent);
        }
      }
   } 
  

• BackgroundService.java

  package com.aa.gpsdemo;
  
  import android.app.Service;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.os.IBinder;
  import android.location.LocationManager;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.os.StrictMode;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  import android.location.Criteria;
  
  public class BackgroundService extends Service {
  
  private static NewLocationListener mylistner=null;
  private final static String TAG = "MainActivity";
  private Context context = null;
  
  @Override
  public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  return null;
  }
  
  @Override
  public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
  
  if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 9) {
      StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
      StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
  }
  
  mylistner = new NewLocationListener(context);
  Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
  criteria.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
  criteria.setPowerRequirement(Criteria.POWER_MEDIUM);
  criteria.setCostAllowed(true);
  LocationManager locManager = (LocationManager)     context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
  String bestProvider=locManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);
  locManager.requestLocationUpdates(bestProvider,1000, 5, mylistner);
  
  
  
  }
  
      }
  

where i am going wrong any help would be highly appreciated on restart of a phone i get demoapp has stopped i tried putting toast on reciever but that toast also are not coming at present

Answer 1

Make Sure u have the permission in AndroidManifest File :

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />

Change this to :

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context,BackgroundService.class);
    startService(serviceIntent);
    }

Answer 2

RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Broadcast Action: This is broadcast once, after the system has finished booting. It can be used to perform application-specific initialization, such as installing alarms. You must hold the RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission in order to receive this broadcast.

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