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Android: How to start a service on boot completed of MI devices?

In an application, I am trying to implement a service which needs to run every time when device boot process completed.
Application unable to broadcast service only in MI devices.
Manifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
BroadcastReceiver
public class SavedLocationBroadcast extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver {
#RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
App.showToast(context,"BROADCAST","SEND");
Intent service = new Intent(App.getContext(), MyLocationService.class);
startWakefulService(App.getContext(), service);
}}
Reciever in manifest
<receiver android:name="com.geolocation.broadcastreciever.SavedLocationBroadcast">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.geolocation.app.ACTION_PULSE_SERVER_ALARM" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Please share your suggestion is anything wrong in implementation.

This is solution for your bug.
What you need to do is that , you need to mention this permission also in your Intent-Filter.
<receiver android:name="com.geolocation.broadcastreciever.SavedLocationBroadcast"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true" >
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.REBOOT"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Here you need to do one thing also.
Go to "Settings-Apps_open your app info-Manage permisson" in yourdevice
Here check all things here.
Because for some devices it will not work. Ex.Red mi
Try this !

Broadcastreceiver not working after boot

I have created an apps that will receive notifications from firebase thus hoping to start the app service after user boot their phone so that they do not need to manually start the apps again. However, the broadcast receiver seems to just not working.
AndroidManifest.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="net.simplifiedcoding.firebasecloudmessaging">
<!-- Adding Internet Permission -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
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>
<!--
Defining Services
-->
<service
android:name=".MyFirebaseMessagingService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT"/>
</intent-filter>
</service>
<service
android:name=".MyFirebaseInstanceIDService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT"/>
</intent-filter>
</service>
<service android:name=".NotificationService"/>
<receiver android:name=".Broadcast" android:exported="true" android:enabled="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
Broadcast.java (BroadcastReceiver)
public class Broadcast extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){
Intent service = new Intent(context, NotificationService.class);
context.startService(service);
Toast.makeText(context, "Broadcast started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
}
I have checked the followings
Permission RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED declared and not within tag
receiver tag is being written correctly
Am I doing wrong or still missing something else? Do I have to call it at mainAcitivity which I doubt I should ? Any guidance are much appreciated.

Got the solution and it was a very dumb reason.
I'm using Oppo's phone to test and Oppo has its own Security Manager App where you have to manually allow specific apps to be start up automatically after boot. That's all.
I suspect most android phones has this feature as well thus bear in mind to check whether there is such app and if it does then remind the user to allow the apps in the Security Manager App before they start rebooting their phone and not able to use any service's your App intended to provide.
Hope this helps!

Try this, it worked for me.
<receiver android:enabled="true" android:name=".Broadcast"
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>

BootReceiver doesen't work

I know this has been asked tons of times, and there are hundreds of example on internet, but i want to understand what's wrong in my code.
As the title suggest i want to execute some code while the phone turn on, specifically i want to set some Alarms for getting notifications, but that's not relevant now, my problem is that the boot receiver onReceive method is never called apparently
I have the right permissions in the manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
And i've also registered the receiver in the manifest
<receiver
android:name=".BootBroadcastReceiver"
android:enabled="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
And I've already created the receiver class
public class BootBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context pContext, Intent intent) {
Toast.makeText(pContext,"waiting for debugger",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
android.os.Debug.waitForDebugger();
//Stuff for the alarms
}
}
Can someone explain me what i'm a failing without posting always the same examples that i see everywhere?
I want to know what's wrong in my code, not how it should be done.
PS: : I forgot to say that i need to stop the code for debugging the alarm things, but i don't think that's the problem since it doesen't even show the Toast.
UPDATE: full manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="feddycapdev.conapo.turnario" >
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<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" >
<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>
<activity
android:name=".Calendario"
android:label="#string/title_activity_calendario"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".Settings_Activity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_settings_" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SettingGiorno"
android:label="#string/title_activity_setting_giorno" >
</activity>
<receiver
android:name=".BootBroadcastReceiver"
android:enabled="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:enabled="true" android:name=".WebNotificChecker" />
<service android:enabled="true" android:name=".Sveglia" />
<service android:enabled="true" android:name=".NotificaVigilanza" />
</application>
</manifest>

I should run the activity before the receiver?
Something has to use an explicit Intent to start one of your application's components before any manifest-registered receivers will work. For 99% of Android apps, that means that the user has to start your app from the home screen. If your app is serving as a plugin to some other app, you may not need the activity — please discuss this with the developers of the app that would be hosting your plugin.
how can I set notification if the user doesn't open activity?
You wouldn't set the notification if the user does not open the activity. Your app will only run when the user lets you run. If the user chooses not to start your app, or if the user chooses to "Force Stop" your app from within Settings, your manifest-registered receiver will not receive broadcasts.

service not started on BOOT COMPLETE

I have a service that I would like to start on BOOT COMPLETE
when it is started , I have a toast message displayed.
my problem is that when the device boots up , the toast is displayed and is stuck on screen, and the service is not starting correctly.
however if I am trying to start my service through an activity , the service is starting well and the toast disappears after a few seconds correctly.
my manifest:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.tfl.extprotocolservice"
android:versionCode="7"
android:versionName="1.6" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"/>
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<receiver android:name="com.tfl.extprotocolservice.ExtProtocolBroadcastReceiver"
android:enabled="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name=".ExtProtocolService" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.tfl.extprotocolservice.ISetIpPort" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.tfl.extprotocolservice.IExtMessage" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<!--
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="landscape" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
-->
</application>
</manifest>
my broadcast receiver:
public class ExtProtocolBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
/* broadcast receiver to start on BOOT COMPLETE*/
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Intent StartServiceIntent=new Intent(context,ExtProtocolService.class);
context.startService(StartServiceIntent);
}
}
btw, the activity in the manifest is commented because I don't really need it , it was just to test starting the service from an activity.

If your application has no activities, your BroadcastReceiver will never get called.
When you install an application, it is installed in the "stopped state". applications in "stopped state" do not get broadcast Intents delivered to them.
In order to get your application out of "stopped state", the user must manually launch your application (at least once). In order to do this, you must offer him an Activity that he can use to start your application.
Once your application is no longer in "stopped state", Android will deliver broadcast Intents to it. That is, until the user "force stops" your application.
If the user "force stops" your application, it will go back to "stopped state" and will no longer get the broadcast Intents. Until the user manually starts your application again.

I tried with am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED then it restart the device.
You can try <action android:name="android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT"/>
After more research, I think it was the fastboot mode which will not broadcast BOOT_COMPLETE.

Your service is filtering actions, but your intent doesn't provide any.
Fix with this:
StartServiceIntent.setAction("com.tfl.extprotocolservice.IExtMessage");

NFC broadcast problem

I really read 10 or 20 topics about that and unfortunately I didn't make it working. My receiver can capture broadcast but only if I send it via sendBroadcast(intent) from my app. I want it to capture broadcast from NFC adapter. F.e someone puts NFC Tag near my device and then my app should start or show in browsing menu, however that doesn't happen. Even if my app starts, and I put NFC Tag near device, it can't capture it, and in browsing menu I see other apps, which can.
My receiver:
public class SomeBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private final String TAG = "SomeBroadcastReceiver";
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.d(TAG, "Got intent: " + intent);
}
}
And my manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.android.nfc">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NFC" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<receiver android:enabled="true" android:name=".broadcast.SomeBroadcastReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.TECH_DISCOVERED"/>
<meta-data android:name="android.nfc.action.TECH_DISCOVERED" android:resource="#xml/technologies"/>
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.TAG_DISCOVERED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<activity android:name=".simulator.FakeTagsActivity"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="TagViewer"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.TAG_DISCOVERED" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.nfc" android:required="true" />
In FakeActivity i have this lines:
Intent exampleIntent = new Intent("android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED");
sendBroadcast(exampleIntent);
And when app reches them, my receiver captures intent, so I think that receiver is fine, but maybe I miss something in manifest? Are there special permission to capture global broadcast? Or should I start service or sth?

You can't capture those intents with a BroadcastReceiver, because only Activities can receive NFC intents. You can find more information about it in the NFC guide.

I use technique described in this answer - it provides the same effect as a broadcast receiver.

According to here (https://stackoverflow.com/a/5320694/3736955), you cant catch NFC intent by BroadcastReceiver. The only way to handle it is by ForegroundDispatch and onNewIntent() function within activity. When NFC Tag is tapped, it looks for foreground activity to handle him.