How to Autostart an Android Application?

Question

I'm not sure how to autostart an android application after the android emulator completes its booting. Does anyone have any code snippets that will help me?

Answer 1

If by autostart you mean auto start on phone bootup then you should register a BroadcastReceiver for the BOOT_COMPLETED Intent. Android systems broadcasts that intent once boot is completed.

Once you receive that intent you can launch a Service that can do whatever you want to do.

Keep note though that having a Service running all the time on the phone is generally a bad idea as it eats up system resources even when it is idle. You should launch your Service / application only when needed and then stop it when not required.