Question

I’m developing an application for mobiles and tablet in Android. I’m using Android 2.2

In broadcast receiver, we can put some simple process (small process/small running module code snippet). It is not suited for long running process/Long running module like gps location capturing,etc.

Can we start a service (user defined service – not a Android service) from the broadcast receiver?

Answer 1

Yes, you can start a service from BroadcastReceiver. You actually need Context to start a Service. For example:

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

    Intent intent = new Intent(context, YourService.class);
    context.startService(intent);
}