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Al Phaba
Al Phaba

Reputation: 6785

Android Service does not start

I trying to add a service to my android app but the service wont start at all. I added it to my android manifest so that it starts in its own process and created a broadcastreceiver which should start the service after the BOOT_COMPLETED.

Here the part of my manifest

    <service android:process=":attachServiceBackground"
             android:name=".AttachService"
             android:icon="@drawable/camera"
             android:label="@string/attachServiceName" />

    <receiver android:name="AttachmentStartupReceiver"
                android:process=":attachServiceBackground">
        <intent-filter >
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"></action>      
        </intent-filter>

        </receiver>

my service ... just added logging

public class AttachService extends Service {
    private static final String TAG = AttachService.class.getSimpleName();


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

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        Log.d(TAG, "onCreate service");

    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");
    }

    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        Log.d(TAG, "onStartCommand");
        return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
    }   
}

And my BroadCastReceiver

public class AttachmentStartupReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

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

I cannot see that the service starts after booting the device, there is no "oncreate service" in the logs and also I looked in the Settings->Applications->Running Services. Does someone know what I made wrong?

Thanks

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3080

Answers (1)

AdamMurderface
AdamMurderface

Reputation: 127

You need to add the following permission to your manifest file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />

BOOT_COMPLETED doesn't send a broadcast by default.

Upvotes: 5

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