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Auto Start of service using BroadcastReceiver is not working?

I want to auto start my service when device is rebooted.Please do not mark this as duplicate of Question, but solution given there are not working!
BootUpReceiver.java (BroadcastReceiver)
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import java.util.Map;
public class BootUpReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if ("android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED".equals(intent.getAction())) {
Intent pushIntent = new Intent(context, MyService.class);
context.startService(pushIntent);
}
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.shubham.servic">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"></uses-permission>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver
android:enabled="true"
android:name=".BootUpReceiver"
android:permission="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service
android:name=".MyService"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true">
</service>
</application>
</manifest>
MainActivity.java
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
String msg = "Android : ";
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Log.d(msg, "The onCreate() event");
}
public void startService(View view) {
startService(new Intent(getBaseContext(), MyService.class));
}
// Method to stop the service
public void stopService(View view) {
stopService(new Intent(getBaseContext(), MyService.class));
}
}
But still service is not starting itself on reboot.
I have one more different question:
I have to run my background service in fixed interval of time, So far I have created an AlarmManager inside service itself which is calling same service after some interval, again and again ,How can I achieve "running background service at fixed interval of time in more efficient way?"

Because of restrictions in Android Oreo you can't start services while in the background. source with detailed info
Like the source suggests you should use scheduled jobs instead. The easiest way to manage this is to use a library like android-job or workmanager. Android Job is a much used 3rd party library developed by Evernote, but they've announced support will end when Workmanager, which is still in alpha, has been in production for a while.

Service not starting after boot device

I have a problem with running the service. In the logs there is nothing to see that the service is running. So I don't know that she works. Toast also does not show in MainActivity. I read a lot of posts and none work. How to fix it?
Service
import android.app.Service;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.content.Intent;
public class AutoStartUp extends Service {
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
Toast.makeText(this, "Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// do something when the service is created
}
}
BroadcastReceiver
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Intent;
public class BootComplete extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (intent.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED)) {
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, AutoStartUp.class);
context.startService(serviceIntent);
}
}
}
Manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="kamiszczu.ovh.servicetest3">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" >
</uses-permission>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<receiver
android:name="kamiszczu.ovh.servicetest3.BootComplete"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="false" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service
android:name="kamiszczu.ovh.servicetest3.AutoStartUp"
android:enabled="true">
</service>
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

You don't have to verify the intent type since the
Receiver is registered with only one intent type(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED). So there is no need to check in the receiver if the intent action is Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.
I think the condition in the receiver is not true and because of that the code that starts your service is not executed.

Alarm Manager doesnot work?

I am simply trying to implement the AlarmManager. I wrote the code for alarm manager but the code doesnot work. AlarmManager doesnot fire the Broadcast Receiver and service. But when I donot use the AlarmManager and simply start the service using intent the service run. How to make AlarmManager work to schedule the service periodically?
Below is the code:
MainActivity.java
package com.alarmmanager;
import android.app.*;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.content.*;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Intent intent = new Intent(this,AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pending =PendingIntent.getService(this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm =(AlarmManager)this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,System.currentTimeMillis(),15000,pending);
}
}
AlarmReceiver.java
package com.alarmmanager;
import android.content.*;
public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
intent =new Intent(context,MainService.class);
context.startService(intent);
}
}
MainService.java
package com.alarmmanager;
import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainService extends Service
{
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
public void onCreate() {
Log.i("nilavs","nilav");
Toast.makeText(this, "Service Started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.alarmmanager"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="23" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<service
android:name=".MainService"
android:enabled="true"
/>
<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>
<receiver android:process=":remote" android:name=".AlarmReceiver">
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>

You should use getBroadcast instead of getService?
PendingIntent pending =PendingIntent.getService(this, 0, intent, 0);
Edit:
Try setting it to fire off in the future initially - e.g.
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,System.currentTimeMillis()+5000,15000,pending);

Application should run everyday at 10 in the morning

I am creating an app with will run everyday morning onetime. I am getting RunTimeException error so unable to understand, if the app is really running or not?
error is: Unable to instantiate receiver. even if I declared receiver in my manifest
MainSchedulerClass.java
package com.example.displayscheduler;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MyScheduler extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.schedule);
setRecurringAlarm(this);
}
private void setRecurringAlarm(Context context) {
Calendar updateTime = Calendar.getInstance();
updateTime.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+5:00"));
updateTime.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 10);
updateTime.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 00);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, Tasks.class);
PendingIntent recurringDownload = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,
0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(
Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarms.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
updateTime.getTimeInMillis(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, recurringDownload);
}
}
Tasks.java
package com.example.displayscheduler;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class Tasks extends BroadcastReceiver {
final public static String ONE_TIME = "onetime";
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.i(ONE_TIME, "Executed Tasks.Java File");
//Some task here for every morning
Toast.makeText(context, "Start Displaying Pictures", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.displayscheduler"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MyScheduler"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".Tasks"
android:enabled="true"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
</activity>
<receiver android:name="com.example.displayscheduler.MyScheduler" >
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>

You wrote activity name in receiver tag, change it to Tasks i.e your BroadcastReceiver class.
Replace this:
<receiver android:name="com.example.displayscheduler.MyScheduler" >
</receiver>
to this:
<receiver android:name="com.example.displayscheduler.Tasks" >
</receiver>
in your AndroidManifest.xml

MyScheduler class is not broadcast receiver you must change it with task in manifest.xml
<receiver android:name="com.example.displayscheduler.Task" >
</receiver>

Make sure that the java file name is same as your receiver name.
Rename your java file Tasks.java to MyScheduler.java
refer this sample https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/alarms.html

Why app not launching on booting android device?

I am testing the following app on HTC with Android 2.3.5. For some reason app is not launching on restarting or booting the phone.
I need to know where am I wrong exactly?
BootReciever.java
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class BootupReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Toast.makeText(context, "App started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
/*
Intent startActivityIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
startActivityIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(startActivityIntent);
*/
// context.startActivity(new Intent(context, MainActivity.class));
}
}
MainActivity.java
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.content.Intent;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
}
Android Manifest File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.androidbootreciever"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.hello_android_world.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver android:name="com.example.androidbootreciever.BootupReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
The code is working on restart but not on turning on the phone after shutting it down. Here are the messages that I receive in my logcat:

You extended BootupReceiver with Activity?
It should be extended with Broadcast Receiver.
public class BootupReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{
}

Your Receiver:
public class AutoStartBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent receivedIntent) {
context.startActivity(new Intent(context, YourActivity.class));
}
}
Your Manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<receiver android:name="com.example.receiver.AutoStartBroadcastReceiver" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Good luck!

You need to write following permission,
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
If your application is stored on External storage then you should provide following intent filter,
<receiver android:name=".BootupReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
See App Install Location.