Why the Broadcast receiver does not work after killing Android app?

Question

I am using a broadcast receiver in my app to record calls. Everything works fine in Android 5.0 emulator device. If I kill the app, it automatically starts recording calls. But the same app when I installed on my device running Android 6.0, it works until the app is running. When I kill the app the recording is not started, the broadcast receiver is not triggered.

What is the 6.0 device. On some devices swiping off the app does not kills it but force stops it. Which wont trigger the receiver — X3Btel, Jun 06 '17 at 12:21
What is the solution to this? So that it does not force closes the receiver — Paras Watts, Jun 06 '17 at 12:24
I am also using a broadcast receiver to check network, that receiver is working fine, this receiver is also working fine in emulator — Paras Watts, Jun 06 '17 at 12:26
On Xiaomi devices swiping the app executes 'Force stop' on force stop the receiver wont work, im not sure there is anything you can do. This will happen on XIaomi`s MIUI and some other custom ROM — X3Btel, Jun 06 '17 at 12:29
Yes I just checked another thread that has discussed this problem, I am giving link you can also check that https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41506105/sms-broadcastreceiver-doesnt-receive-sms-after-app-killed-or-device-restart-on — Paras Watts, Jun 06 '17 at 12:30
My question may sound dumb but are you registering your broadcast receiver in the manifest ? — A.Edwar, Jun 06 '17 at 12:35
Please accept your answer. This will help others and also get the question off the list of unanswered questions. — David Wasser, Jun 06 '17 at 13:14
I think your questions could look *much* better with only a little [improvement](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/291370/1783163). — peterh, Jun 07 '17 at 17:52

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '17 at 12:42

String manufacturer = "xiaomi";

 if(manufacturer.equalsIgnoreCase(android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER)) {
        //this will open auto start screen where user can enable 
             permission for your app
                Intent intent = new Intent();
                intent.setComponent(new 
                ComponentName("com.miui.securitycenter", 
               "com.miui.permcenter.autostart.AutoStartManagementActivity"));
                startActivity(intent);
            }

I used this code and now its working fine.

Why the Broadcast receiver does not work after killing Android app?

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