Question

I have some service, and the only way it will work is if it’s defined in AndroidManifest.xml. However, if I do not register it, then I would expect an error somewhere in the logs to show up. Is this true, and if so, where is the error? If not, is it reasonable that no error is being logged?

Answer 1

It should be making a log. I think it says something along the lines of

Could not find .YourServiceName have you declared this item in your
manifest?

There should be something like that in your log at the time you call startService();