To be honest, I wouldn't expect a service that is not started to receive anything. This is the same expectation that I would have about an activity that has not yet been created or has been destroyed.
I would expect, however, a broadcast receiver registered in my manifest to receive valid intents for which the app holds permission, and I would expect that broadcast receiver be able to start a service if needed. Doug On Jan 23, 9:30 pm, Ravi Pandey <[email protected]> wrote: > I have tried to design a Service in such a way that once it's receiver > can receive the BOOT_COMPLETED intent , the service gets started. > Basically the startService() function gets called when the Service's > BroadCastReceiver receives the BOOT_COMPLETED intent inside it's > onReceive() function. > > Now using Gingerbread environment, when I try to send the > "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" intent (lets say from terminal > using the 'am' command). My Service (which is currently in NOT running > state) is able to receive this intent in it's onReceive() and > processes the further executions. > > But when I am using the ICS environment, when I try to send the > "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" intent as mentioned above, my > Service (which is currently in NOT running state) is NOT able to > receive this intent in it's onReceive(). > For this case, when I try somehow to start my Service by calling it's > onCreate() explicitly by using some other Application and then if I > again send the BOOT_COMPLETED intent as above, then it is able to > receive this intent in it's onReceive() (i.e. only when my Service is > in running state). > > I would really appreciate if someone can confirm that in case of using > ICS environment , do we need to start a service first before actually > making it able to receive an intent in it's onReceive() function ? > Also, the reasoning for this would be highly appreciable, if there is > some :-) ? > > Thanks in advance !! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
