How to run an android app in background

Question

This code will run an app automatically after booting the system  but the app will close after pressing the back button    If the app is run normally by clicking it s icon  It will continuously run even after pressing the back button or running other apps   public class AutoBoot extends BroadcastReceiver        Override             public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent                            Intent i   new Intent context  MyActivity class            i addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK           context startActivity i                       My question is  how to make this auto run code to continuously run even after pressing the back button or running other apps

User · Answer

Starting an Activity is not the right approach for this behavior. Instead have your BroadcastReceiver use an intent to start a Service which can continue to run as long as possible. (See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#ProcessLifecycle)

See also Persistent service

User · Answer

As apps run in the background anyway  I   m assuming what your really asking is how do you make apps do stuff in the background  The solution below will make your app do stuff in the background after opening the app and after the system has rebooted   Below  I   ve added a link to a fully working example  in the form of an Android Studio Project   This subject seems to be out of the scope of the Android docs  and there doesn   t seem to be any one comprehensive doc on this  The information is spread across a few docs   The following docs tell you indirectly how to do this  https   developer android com reference android app Service html  https   developer android com reference android content BroadcastReceiver html  https   developer android com guide components bound-services html  In the interests of getting your usage requirements correct  the important part of this above doc to read carefully is   Binder   Messenger and the components link below   https   developer android com guide components aidl html  Here is the link to a fully working example  in Android Studio format   http   developersfound com BackgroundServiceDemo zip  This project will start an Activity which binds to a service  implementing the AIDL   This project is also useful to re-factor for the purpose of IPC across different apps   This project is also developed to start automatically when Android restarts  provided the app has been run at least one after installation and app is not installed on SD card   When this app project runs after reboot  it dynamically uses a transparent view to make it look like no app has started but the service of the associated app starts cleanly   This code is written in such a way that it   s very easy to tweak to simulate a scheduled service   This project is developed in accordance to the above docs and is subsequently a clean solution   There is however a part of this project which is not clean being  I have not found a way to start a service on reboot without using an Activity  If any of you guys reading this post have a clean way to do this please post a comment

User · Answer

You can probably start a Service here if you want your Application to run in Background  This is what Service in Android are used for - running in background and doing longtime operations   UDPATE  You can use START STICKY to make your Service running continuously    Override public int onStartCommand Intent intent  int flags  int startId        handleCommand intent          We want this service to continue running until it is explicitly        stopped  so return sticky      return START STICKY

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