Autostart android service

Question

How to automatically start a service in Android 3.x, the test tabblet is a Samsung Galaxy 10.1. My code works on a noname tabblet with android 2.2.1 The code works nor in android emulator with the android version 3.x

Code:

StartAtBootService.java package test.autostart;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;

public class StartAtBootService extends Service 
{
        public IBinder onBind(Intent intent)
        {
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public void onCreate() 
        {
            Log.v("StartServiceAtBoot", "onCreate");
        }

        @Override
        public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) 
        {
            Log.v("StartServiceAtBoot", "onStartCommand()");          
            return START_STICKY;
        }

        @Override
        public void onDestroy() 
        {
            Log.v("StartServiceAtBoot", "onDestroy");
        }
}

StartAtBootServiceReciver.java package test.autostart;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;

public class StartAtBootServiceReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver 
{
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) 
    {
        if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED)) {
            Intent i = new Intent();
            i.setAction("test.autostart.StartAtBootService");
            context.startService(i);
        }
    }
}

Manifest

    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <service android:name="StartAtBootService">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="test.autostart.StartAtBootService">
                </action>
            </intent-filter>
        </service>
        <receiver android:name="StartAtBootServiceReceiver">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED">
                </action>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME">
                </category>
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
    </application>
</manifest>

Answer 1

It was a SD-card issue, Eclipse install new apps on the SD-card by default on my Samsung Galaxy 10.1. To fix the issue I needed to add android:installLocation="internalOnly" in the manifest.

The new Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="test.autostart"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0" android:installLocation="internalOnly">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"></uses-permission>
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <service android:name="StartAtBootService">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="test.autostart.StartAtBootService">
                </action>
            </intent-filter>
        </service>
        <receiver android:name="StartAtBootServiceReceiver">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED">
                </action>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME">
                </category>
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
    </application>
</manifest>

I hope this will help somone in the futre.

Answer 2

Make sure your application is not on SD. I your application needs to run on boot time, then do not place it on SD.