How to Auto-start an Android Application

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I m not sure how to autostart an android application after the android emulator completes its booting  Does anyone have any code snippets that will help me

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Edit your  AndroidManifest xml to add RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED permission  lt uses-permission android name  quot android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED quot    gt   Edit your  AndroidManifest xml application-part for below Permission  lt receiver android enabled  quot true quot  android name  quot  BootUpReceiver quot  android permission  quot android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED quot  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  quot android intent action BOOT COMPLETED quot    gt           lt category android name  quot android intent category DEFAULT quot    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt   Now write below in Activity  public class BootUpReceiver 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

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I always get in here  for this topic  I ll put my code in here so i  or other  can use it next time   Phew hate to search into my repository code   Add the permission   lt uses-permission android name  quot android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED quot    gt   Add receiver and service   lt receiver android enabled  quot true quot  android name  quot  BootUpReceiver quot      android permission  quot android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED quot  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  quot android intent action BOOT COMPLETED quot    gt           lt category android name  quot android intent category DEFAULT quot    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt   lt service android name  quot Launcher quot    gt   Create class Launcher  public class Launcher extends Service        Nullable      Override     public IBinder onBind Intent intent            return null              Override     public int onStartCommand Intent intent  int flags  int startId             new AsyncTask lt Service  Void  Service gt                    Override             protected Service doInBackground Service    params                    Service service   params 0                   PackageManager pm   service getPackageManager                    try                       Intent target   pm getLaunchIntentForPackage  quot your package id quot                        if  target    null                            service startActivity target                           synchronized  this                                wait 3000                                                   else                           throw new ActivityNotFoundException                                            catch  ActivityNotFoundException   InterruptedException ignored                                      return service                              Override             protected void onPostExecute Service service                    service stopSelf                             execute this            return START STICKY           Create class BootUpReceiver to do action after android reboot  For example launch MainActivity  public class BootUpReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver        Override     public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent            Intent target   new Intent context  MainActivity class             target addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK           context startActivity target

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If by autostart you mean auto start on phone bootup then you should register a BroadcastReceiver for the BOOT COMPLETED Intent  Android systems broadcasts that intent once boot is completed   Once you receive that intent you can launch a Service that can do whatever you want to do   Keep note though that having a Service running all the time on the phone is generally a bad idea as it eats up system resources even when it is idle  You should launch your Service   application only when needed and then stop it when not required

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You have to add a manifest permission entry   lt uses-permission android name  quot android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED quot    gt    of course you should list all other permissions that your app uses   Then  implement BroadcastReceiver class  it should be simple and fast executable  The best approach is to set an alarm in this receiver to wake up your service  if it s not necessary to keep it running ale the time as Prahast wrote   public class BootUpReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver        Override     public void onReceive Context context  Intent intent            AlarmManager am    AlarmManager  context getSystemService Context ALARM SERVICE           PendingIntent pi   PendingIntent getService context  0  new Intent context  MyService class   PendingIntent FLAG UPDATE CURRENT           am setInexactRepeating AlarmManager RTC WAKEUP  System currentTimeMillis     interval  interval  pi            Then  add a Receiver class to your manifest file   lt receiver android enabled  quot true quot  android name  quot  receivers BootUpReceiver quot      android permission  quot android permission RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED quot  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  quot android intent action BOOT COMPLETED quot    gt           lt category android name  quot android intent category DEFAULT quot    gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  receiver gt

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