Trying to start a service on boot on Android

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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 I forgetting something    AndroidManifest xml   lt receiver     android name   StartServiceAtBootReceiver      android enabled  true      android exported  false      android label  StartServiceAtBootReceiver   gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android intent action  BOOT COMPLETED    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt    lt service     android name  com test RunService      android enabled  true    gt    BroadcastReceiver  public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent        if   android intent action BOOT COMPLETED  equals intent getAction               Intent serviceLauncher   new Intent context  RunService class           context startService serviceLauncher           Log v  TEST    Service loaded at start

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As an additional info  BOOT COMPLETE is sent to applications before external storage is mounted  So if application is installed to external storage it won t receive BOOT COMPLETE broadcast message   More details here in section Broadcast Receivers listening for  boot completed

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I have an additional  lt category gt -tag  don t know if that makes any difference    lt receiver android name  BootIntentReceiver  gt             lt intent-filter gt                 lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED    gt                 lt category android name  android intent category HOME    gt             lt  intent-filter gt     lt  receiver gt    Have you tried ommiting the if-clause  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED  equals intent getAction    as the receiver probably only receives that intent anyway

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As  Damian commented  all the answers in this thread are doing it wrong  Doing it manually like this runs the risk of your Service being stopped in the middle from the device going to sleep  You need to obtain a wake lock first  Luckily  the Support library gives us a class to do this   public class SimpleWakefulReceiver extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver        Override     public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent               This is the Intent to deliver to our service          Intent service   new Intent context  SimpleWakefulService class               Start the service  keeping the device awake while it is launching          Log i  SimpleWakefulReceiver    Starting service       SystemClock elapsedRealtime             startWakefulService context  service             then  in your Service  make sure to release the wake lock        Override     protected void onHandleIntent Intent intent               At this point SimpleWakefulReceiver is still holding a wake lock            for us   We can do whatever we need to here and then tell it that            it can release the wakelock               Log i  SimpleWakefulReceiver    Completed service       SystemClock elapsedRealtime             SimpleWakefulReceiver completeWakefulIntent intent           Don t forget to add the WAKE LOCK permssion to your mainfest    lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission WAKE LOCK    gt

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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   lt manifest    gt       lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED   gt       lt application    gt           lt receiver android name   BootReceiver  android enabled  true  android exported  false  gt               lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  receiver gt            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

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note that at the beginning of the question  there is a typo mistake    lt action android name  android intent action  BOOT COMPLETED   gt   instead of     lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED   gt   one small     and all this trouble

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I found out just now that it might be because of Fast Boot option in Settings   Power  When I have this option off  my application receives a this broadcast but not otherwise   By the way  I have Android 2 3 3 on HTC Incredible S   Hope it helps

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After trying all of mentioned answers and tricks  I finally find why the code is not work in my phone  Some Android phones like  Huawei Honor 3C Android  4 2 2  have a Statup Manager menu in their settings and your app must be checked in the list

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Along with   lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED    gt      also use    lt action android name  android intent action QUICKBOOT POWERON    gt    HTC devices dont seem to catch BOOT COMPLETED

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How to start service on device boot autorun app  etc    For first  since version Android 3 1  you don t receive BOOT COMPLETE if user never started your app at least once or user  force closed  application  This was done to prevent malware automatically register service  This security hole was closed in newer versions of Android   Solution   Create app with activity  When user run it once app can receive BOOT COMPLETE broadcast message   For second  BOOT COMPLETE is sent before external storage is mounted  If app is installed to external storage it won t receive BOOT COMPLETE broadcast message   In this case there is two solution    Install your app to internal storage Install another small app in internal storage  This app receives BOOT COMPLETE and run second app on external storage    If your app already installed in internal storage then code below can help you understand how to start service on device boot     In Manifest xml  Permission    lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED    gt    Register your BOOT COMPLETED receiver    lt receiver android name  org yourapp OnBoot  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED   gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt    Register your service    lt service android name  org yourapp YourCoolService    gt      In receiver OnBoot java   public class OnBoot extends BroadcastReceiver         Override     public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent                    Create Intent         Intent serviceIntent   new Intent context  YourCoolService class              Start service         context startService serviceIntent                  For HTC you maybe need also add in Manifest this code if device don t catch RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED    lt action android name  android intent action QUICKBOOT POWERON    gt    Receiver now look like this    lt receiver android name  org yourapp OnBoot  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED   gt           lt action android name  android intent action QUICKBOOT POWERON    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt      How to test BOOT COMPLETED without restart emulator or real device  It s easy  Try this   adb -s device-or-emulator-id shell am broadcast -a android intent action BOOT COMPLETED   How to get device id  Get list of connected devices with id s   adb devices   adb in ADT by default you can find in   adt-installation-dir sdk platform-tools   Enjoy

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I think your manifest needs to add     lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED    gt

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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    In your  lt manifest gt  element    lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED    gt   In your  lt application gt  element  be sure to use a fully-qualified  or relative  class name for your BroadcastReceiver     lt receiver android name  com example MyBroadcastReceiver  gt         lt intent-filter gt             lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED    gt         lt  intent-filter gt     lt  receiver gt     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  lt receiver gt  element was in the  lt application gt  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  lt intent-filter gt

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I faced with this problem if i leave the empty constructor in the  receiver class  After the removing the empty contsructor onRreceive methos started working fine

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If you re using Android Studio and you re very fond of auto-complete then I must inform you  I m using Android Studio v 1 1 0 and I used auto-complete for the following permission   lt uses-permission android name  android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED    gt    And Android Studio Auto-completedRECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED all in lower-case like receive boot completed and I kept pulling my hair out because I d already ticked out my checklist for things to do to start service at boot  I just confirmed again     Android Studio DOES auto-complete this permission in lower-case

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Before mounting external storage BOOT COMPLETE is sent execute if your app is installed to external storage it won t receive BOOT COMPLETE broadcast message  To prevent this you can install your application in internal storage  you can do this just adding this line in menifest xml   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android installLocation  internalOnly       gt    Some HTC devices can enable a  fast boot  feature that is more like a deep hibernation and not a real reboot and therefore should not give the BOOT COMPLETE intent  To recover this you can add this intent filter inside your receiver                lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED    gt                   lt action android name  android intent action QUICKBOOT POWERON    gt               lt  intent-filter gt

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Refer This Link http   khurramitdeveloper blogspot in 2013 06 start-activity-or-service-on-boot html Step by Step procedure to use boot on Service

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In fact I get into this trouble not long ago and it s really really easy to fix you actually do nothing wrong if you setup the  android intent action BOOT COMPLETED  permission and intent-filter   Be attention that if you On Android 4 X you have to run the broadcast listener before you start service on boot that means you have to add an activity first once your broadcast receiver running your app should function as you expected however on Android 4 X I haven t found a way to start the service on boot without any activity I think google did that for security reasons

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