How to make your application to run as the Phone Boots up?

[Prajkti Khadse]

Hi all

i want to run my application as soon as the Phone/Emulator Boots up..
actually, i want the service to run at background continuously...

i've tried

        <activity android:name=".LocalServiceController" android:label="@string/activity_local_service_controller">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

but it's not working...
when i Start th emulator, the application doesn't run neither i can see the icon for the same....

can anyone plaese help me out...???

[Monu Tripathi]

take a look at this tutorial

[Prajkti Khadse]

Thanks monu...

i already referred that...

but my problem is that i want to start service at Boot up...

here's the code m working...

public class MyStartupIntentReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{

	@Override
	public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
	{
	        context.startService(new Intent(context,LocalService.class));
	}
}

and here's the LocalService.java

public class LocalService extends Service 
{
    private NotificationManager mNM;
   
    public class LocalBinder extends Binder {
        LocalService getService() {
        	
            return LocalService.this;
        }
    }
        
    public void onCreate() {
        mNM = (NotificationManager)getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
      
        showNotification();
            	 
    }

    public void onDestroy()
 {
   
        mNM.cancel(R.string.local_service_started);
        
        Toast.makeText(this, R.string.local_service_stopped, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
     
    }

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
    	
      	
        return mBinder;
    }

   
    private final IBinder mBinder = new LocalBinder();

   
    private void showNotification() {
     
        CharSequence text = getText(R.string.local_service_started);
     
        Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.stat_happy, text,
                System.currentTimeMillis());
      
        mNM.notify(R.string.local_service_started, notification);
      
    }
   
}

and AndroidManifest.xml

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="lgsi.auto"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0.0">
    
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" /> 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
          
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
          <service android:name=".LocalService" >
          	<intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
           </service>
   
        <receiver android:name=".MyStartupIntentReceiver">
            <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver> 
        
    </application>
</manifest>   

i don't want anything on foreground... the service should be running at background...

but with this code i get "The process stopped unexpectedly" error as i launch the emulator...


can you please tell me what's wrong with this code...

Thank you so much

[Prajkti Khadse]

hey..

i made it...

what i was doing wrong is i did not set latest event info for my notification... and that's why it was giving me IllegalArgumentException

her's the updated code for showNotification()

 private void showNotification() 
    {
        // In this sample, we'll use the same text for the ticker and the expanded notification
        CharSequence text = getText(R.string.local_service_started);
          // Set the icon, scrolling text and timestamp
        Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.stat_happy, text,
                System.currentTimeMillis());
      	 // Send the notification.
        // We use a layout id because it is a unique number.  We use it later to cancel.
        PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,
                new Intent(this, LaunchOnStartup.class), 0);
        notification.setLatestEventInfo(this, getText(R.string.local_service_label),
                text, contentIntent);
        mNM.notify(1111, notification);
    }

and it worked....