How to Start an Application at Device Bootup in Android
This tutorial will explain to stat an application while the Android device boot-up. For this we need to listen to the BOOT_COMPLETED action and react to it. BOOT_COMPLETED is a Broadcast Action that is broadcast once, after the system has finished booting.
September 5, 2013 · 2 min read
This tutorial will explain how to start an application while the Android device bootup. For this, we need to listen to the BOOT_COMPLETED action and react to it. The BOOT_COMPLETED is a Broadcast Action that is broadcast once after the system has finished booting. You can listen to this action by creating a BroadcastReceiver that then starts your launch Activity when it receives an intent with the BOOT_COMPLETED action.
Here's a step-by-step guide:
Add permission to your manifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />Create a Custom BroadcastReceiver
Secondly, create a custom BroadcastReceiver in your project to receive boot up event.
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Intent i = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(i);
}
}Adding BroadCastReceiver to the Android Manifest
<receiver android:name=".BootReceiver" android:enabled="true"
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>Install the application, and then restart the device. You can see the application will start after the device restarts.