Question

I wanted to start a service from a Broadcast reciever which takes “android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED”. When I write click on the Application in eclipse and launch it It runs well. But when I launch it from emulator on which it has already been installed, the application crashes. The following are the source codes.

AndroidManifest

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.android.newsreader"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="13"
    android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
<supports-screens
    android:largeScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:xlargeScreens="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
    android:icon="@drawable/icon"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:logo="@drawable/logo"
    android:theme="@style/NewsReaderStyle" >

    <receiver
        android:name=".StartupIntentReceiver"
        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>
    <service android:name=".LoadFeedsService" ></service>

    <activity
        android:name=".NewsReaderActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name=".ArticleActivity"
        android:theme="@style/NewsReaderStyle_NoActionBar" />
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>*

and my BroadCast reciever is

*package com.example.android.newsreader;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;
public class StartupIntentReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    Log.i("reciever", "recieved intent"+ intent);
    Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, LoadFeedsService.class);

    context.startService(serviceIntent);
}
 }*

Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Modify your receiver code as below and try.

    <receiver
        android:name=".StartupIntentReceiver"
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.HOME" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

If the above modification is not working modify service also as below and try.

<service 
    android:name=".LoadFeedsService">
    <intent-filter >
        <action android:name="testapp.BACKGROUND_SERVICE" />                
    </intent-filter>            
</service>

In java code of receiver modify as below.

Intent serviceIntent = new Intent("testapp.BACKGROUND_SERVICE");

I hope it may help you.