Hi All,

I got how to run services in backgroud and foreground.. If anybody knows how to autostart any service please reply me... If you have sample code plz give me...

1.when the OS starts, it will send a Standard Broadcast Action named android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED.

2.construct a class extended from IntentReceiver to catch the action, and override its abstract method onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent intent), where you can put your start service code in.

3.in AndroidManifest.xml, you should add tag <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"></uses-permission> to get the permission of android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED. In additon, you should add tag
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" /> in the <intent-filter> of your IntentReceiver class.

code example:
xml：

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<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"></uses-permission>
<receiver android:name=".OlympicsReceiver" android:label="@string/app_name">
    <intent-filter>
       <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
       <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

java：

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public class OlympicsReceiver extends IntentReceiver
{
    /* the intent source*/
    static final String ACTION = "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED";
       
    public void onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        if (intent.getAction().equals(ACTION))
        {
                  context.startService(new Intent(context,
                       OlympicsService.class), null);//start my your service here
             Toast.makeText(context, "OlympicsReminder service has started!",                      Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}

Hi,

Thank you...


regards,
nisha

The IntentReceiver is no longer in the SDK. Can somebody point me to an updated howto/tutorial on services and autostart?

The new way is the BroadcastReceiver but it needs to be registered in the main activity. But since I want to autostart a service there is no main activity.

Help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Problem solved:
No autostart is required since the AlarmManager will do the recurring "autostart"
Thanks

Hello nisha
will you help me for running services in background, if do u sample tut provide me. I read the concept of "service component of Android" in Android docs, but I don't have its implementation demo.

thank you

hi all....
i am developing a chat application.. i am usin broadcast receiver to recieve SMS. but now i want to send it to the class where i am displaying hte content of the sms.
can anyone please tell me how to send a message from broad cast reciever classs to my activity class.
i tried starting a new activity. but tat creates a new activity every time i recieve a new sms.


thanks