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I am successfully able to start my Android app automatically on boot using BroadcastReceiver with an intent-filter BOOT_COMPLETED. In my onReceive method, I start the launcher activity for my application.
However, I don’t want this application to be in the foreground on boot, but I do want it to be on the activity stack. Is there a way to still have the home screen show up on boot, but also have my application starts up. (I don’t think I want to use a Service, because my application has UI.)
Decision on weather you should or should not use Service in appliction is independent on weather it has UI or not. All “third party” apps have UI, there is little use of application without at least 1 activity.
So in your case, just use
Service.