I am currently making a app that starts a http server service on boot. It worked at first but it randomly stopped working.
This is my AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:installLocation="internalOnly">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
android:maxSdkVersion="32" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
android:maxSdkVersion="32" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.TestApp"
tools:targetApi="31">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:exported="true"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/Theme.TestApp">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver android:name="me.rapierxbox.TestApp.BootReceiver"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name=".HttpServer" />
</application>
</manifest>
and this is my BootReciver:
public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.d("autostart","autostart recived");
if (Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, HttpServer.class);
context.startService(serviceIntent);
}
}
}
Even when I broadcast the Intend myself using ./adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED
I get no Logcat logs and neither the service starts.
You'd have to use androidx.legacy.content.WakefulBroadcastReceiver
(meanwhile deprecated).
// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/androidx.legacy/legacy-support-core-utils
runtimeOnly "androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0"