How to automatically restart a service even if user force close it?

alarm, android, service

Solution

First of all, it is really very bad pattern to run service forcefully against the user's willingness.

Anyways, you can restart it by using a `BroadcastReceiver` which handles the broadcast sent from `onDestroy()` of your service.

StickyService.java

public class StickyService extends Service
{
    private static final String TAG = "StickyService";


    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onStartCommand");
        return START_STICKY;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        sendBroadcast(new Intent("YouWillNeverKillMe"));
    }

}

RestartServiceReceiver.java

public class RestartServiceReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{

    private static final String TAG = "RestartServiceReceiver";

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onReceive");
    context.startService(new Intent(context.getApplicationContext(), StickyService.class));

    }

}

Declare the components in manifest file:

    <service android:name=".StickyService" >
    </service>

    <receiver android:name=".RestartServiceReceiver" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="YouWillNeverKillMe" >
            </action>
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

Start the `StickyService` in a Component (i.e. `Application`, `Activity`, `Fragment`):

startService(new Intent(this, StickyService.class));

OR

sendBroadcast(new Intent("YouWillNeverKillMe"));

Problem

I want a service to run all the time in my application. So I want to restart it even if it is force closed by user. There is definitely a way to do it as apps like facebook are doing it. It's not done using push notification, facebook restarts its service even if internet is off.

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