I want to be able to activate a broadcast receiver right when an app is installed from the play store. What is the best way to do this?
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I want to be able to activate a broadcast receiver right when an app is installed from the play store. What is the best way to do this?
This is not supported on any version of Android. And, on Android 3.1+, none of your
BroadcastReceivers will run until something explicitly runs one of your components, such as the user launching an activity of yours from the home screen’s launcher.