How to start a backgroud service on System/Emulator startup?

Rader · by **Rader** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:09 am

Launch Activity on System/Emulator Startup( http://www.anddev.org/viewtopic.php?t=428 ), is a very good post to me!

I make a small change to the sample Plusminus has delivered in the post, since I want to start a background service instead of an activity on System/Emulator startup.

So I replace the LaunchOnStartup activity by a service “NotifyingService”, and change the manifest to this one:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 
    package="cienet.cl">
 
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon"> 
 
        <receiver android:name=".MyStartupIntentReceiver">
 
            <intent-filter>
 
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
 
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME"/>
 
            </intent-filter>
 
        </receiver> 
 
    <service android:name="NotifyingService">
 
</service></application>
 
</manifest>
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Then in the onCreate method of MyStartupIntentReceiver, I replace the startActivity by startService:

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    public void onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent intent) {      
 
        /* Create intent which will finally start the Main-Activity. */
 
        Intent myStarterIntent = new Intent(context, NotifyingService.class);
 
        /* Set the Launch-Flag to the Intent. */
 
        myStarterIntent.setLaunchFlags(Intent.NEW_TASK_LAUNCH);
 
        /* Send the Intent to the OS. */
 
//        context.startActivity(myStarterIntent); 
 
        context.startService(myStarterIntent, null);
 
    }
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But, I get an error msg said there is no activity. So, can’t I start a service without an activity?

Best wishes,

Rader

How to start a backgroud service on System/Emulator startup?

How to start a backgroud service on System/Emulator startup?

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