I'm attempting to create an app, that will start when I turn on my phone and will always run on the background (like whatsapp for example, it listens to the server and when a message comes in you get notify). I'm not sure whereas it is called a service or process but I wish that my app will run indefinitely. I began by creating an activity and a class as described: How to start an Application on startup?
The problem is that the the manifest file declares the activity as the launcher and so the class won't run.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<receiver android:enabled="true" android:exported="true"
android:name="StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver"
android:permission="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
public class StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
static String myDate="";
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
context.startService(serviceIntent);
}
}
}
and i'm not sure what my problems is and how to proceed from here. Thanks.
