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boot_completed not working on Android 10 Q API level 29

I have an application that starts an Intent after the boot that works from Android 6 to Android 9 API level 28.
But this code does not work on Android 10 API level 29, Broadcast simply does not receive any events and does not run onReceive on MyClassBroadcastReceiver after the boot. Is there any extra permission on Android 10 or configuration that needs to be done?
Dry part of the example: Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.softniels.autostartonboot">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<service
android:name="com.softniels.autostartonboot.ForegroundService"
android:label="My Service">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.softniels.autostartonboot.ForegroundService" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<receiver
android:name=".StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
Here the part that doesn't run on Android 10.
public class StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED)) {
Log.i("onReceive", "call onReceive ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED");
Intent i = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(i);
}
}
}

I know that this may be old but I have faced the same problem and according to this:
https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/background-starts
The easiest solution I came up with was simply adding
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
And setting up the receiver:
<receiver
android:name=".BootReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
To the manifest.
Receiver code:
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
// Intent n = context.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(context.getPackageName());
// n.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK |
// Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
// context.startActivity(n);
Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(myIntent);
}
}
Both options work. The only downside I see is that it takes rather a while for app to load (can be up to 10 seconds from my testings)
Leaving this here for other people if they encounter this as well.
This only applies to android 10 and up. There is a need to request "Display over other apps" permission
This requires drawing overlay, which can be done with:
if (!Settings.canDrawOverlays(getApplicationContext())) {
Intent myIntent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION);
Uri uri = Uri.fromParts("package", getPackageName(), null);
myIntent.setData(uri);
startActivityForResult(myIntent, REQUEST_OVERLAY_PERMISSIONS);
return;
}

Guess I found a 'solution' for me.
public class StartMyServiceAtBootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
Log.e(TAG, "launching from special > API 28 (" + Build.VERSION.SDK_INT + ")"); // You have to schedule a Service
JobServiceScheduler jobServiceScheduler = new JobServiceScheduler(context);
boolean result = jobServiceScheduler.scheduleMainService(20L); // Time you will wait to launch
} else {
Log.e(TAG, "launching from normal < API 29"); // You can still launch an Activity
try {
Intent intentMain = new Intent(context, YourActivity.class);
intentMain.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 28) {
context.startService(intentMain);
} else {
context.startForegroundService(intentMain);
}
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Log.e(TAG, "ActivityNotFoundException" + ex.getLocalizedMessage());
}
}
}
boolean scheduleMainService(Long segundos) {
ComponentName serviceComponent = new ComponentName(context, YourService.class);
JobInfo.Builder builder = getCommonBuilder(serviceComponent, YOUR_SERVICE_JOB_ID);
builder.setMinimumLatency(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(segundos / 2)); // wait at least
builder.setOverrideDeadline(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(segundos)); // maximum delay
PersistableBundle extras = new PersistableBundle();
extras.putLong("time", segundos);
builder.setExtras(extras);
JobScheduler jobScheduler = getJobScheduler(context);
if (jobScheduler != null) {
jobScheduler.schedule(builder.build());
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}

context.startActivity() is not launching, I solved it the following way:
private void restartApp( Context mContext) {
try {
long restartTime = 1000*5;
Intent intents = mContext.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(mContext.getPackageName());
PendingIntent restartIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(mContext, 0, intents, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
AlarmManager mgr = (AlarmManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
mgr.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() + restartTime, restartIntent);
} else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
mgr.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() + restartTime, restartIntent);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
}
}

I solved it with this permission in the manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
And in the main activity :
if (!Settings.canDrawOverlays(getApplicationContext())) {
startActivity(Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION));
}
The correct import for Settings is:android.provider
The first time the app boots the permission will be prompted for controlling which apps can draw on top of other apps, the next device will start the application will boot up using the typical broadcast receiver.
Here is the doc

Get the current activity to handle NFC TAG discovered [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:
Android: How do I temporarily handle an Intent in a different activity of my application?
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Closed 3 years ago.
I've got an android app with several activities. I want the current activity to handle the nfc discovered event, as the state of the app determines what i want to do with the tag
As can be seen in the attached code i've set up the intents on each activity and implemented the onResume, onPause and onNewIntent methods in each activty.
Yet, for some reason the MainActivty is the only one which gets called even though one of the other activities is the active one. Eg. it is the one with the current GUI.
You guys have any idea how to get the active activity to handle the NFC discovered?
Any help greatly appreciated :)
Here is the ApplicationManifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NFC" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<activity
android:name=".ConfigureStableNamesActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED " />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data
android:host="www.nxp.com"
android:pathPrefix="/products/identification_and_security/smart_label_and_tag_ics/ntag/series/NT3H1101_NT3H1201.html"
android:scheme="http" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<!-- <action android:name="android.nfc.action.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED"/>-->
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED " />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data
android:host="www.nxp.com"
android:pathPrefix="/products/identification_and_security/smart_label_and_tag_ics/ntag/series/NT3H1101_NT3H1201.html"
android:scheme="http" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
In each of my activities i have this code to handle the NFC discovered intent
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
ntagHandler.start();
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
ntagHandler.stop();
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
try {
Tag tag = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
nfcHandler = new NearFieldCommunicationHandler(tag);
nfcHandler.connect();
// DO SOMETHING HERE
// dataModel.readStableNames(nfcHandler);
} catch(IOException e) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Caught exception: " + e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}

You need to implement "The foreground dispatch system". it allows an activity to intercept an intent and claim priority over other activities. Please refer: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/advanced-nfc#java
First create pendingIntent globally in your each activities as below:
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, new Intent(this, getClass()).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP), 0);
then take IntentFilter globally and init with null as below:
IntentFilter[] intentFiltersArray = null;
Write below code in onCreate() method:
IntentFilter ndef = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED);
try {
ndef.addDataType("*/*"); /* YOU CAN TYPE HERE EITHER android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED or
android.nfc.action.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED */
}
catch (IntentFilter.MalformedMimeTypeException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("fail", e);
}
IntentFilter[] intentFiltersArray = new IntentFilter[] {ndef, };
then take techListsArray globally as below:
String[][] techListsArray = new String[][] { new String[] { NfcF.class.getName() } };
Finally write below code to enable and disable the foreground dispatch when the activity loses (onPause()) and regains (onResume()) focus. enableForegroundDispatch() must be called from the main thread and only when the activity is in the foreground (calling in onResume() guarantees this)
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
nfcadapter.disableForegroundDispatch(this);
}
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
nfcadapter.enableForegroundDispatch(this, pendingIntent, intentFiltersArray, techListsArray);
}
public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
Tag tagFromIntent = intent.getParcelableExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG);
//do something with tagFromIntent
}

Android app opens after a few seconds after pressing home button during splash screen

I am having an issue I can't seem to figure out the reason for.
When you launch the app, a splash screen is first displayed for 2.5 seconds before finishing and starting a new activity. If you press the home or back button during this time the app will close as normal. However after a few seconds (longer than 2.5) the app will open and start from the activity that comes after the splash screen.
Any help on why this happens is appreciated!
Here is the implementation of the Splash screen (I do however not believe anything here causes this issue as I've tried different implementations)
`public class SplashScreenActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_screen);
Thread myThread = new Thread(){
#Override
public void run() {
try {
sleep(2500);
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
finish();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
myThread.start();`
Here's the manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"
android:launchMode = "singleInstance">
</activity>
<activity android:name=".activities.SplashScreenActivity"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver android:name=".alert.BroadCaster" >
</receiver>
<service android:name=".timer.TimerService"
android:process=":timerservice" />
</application>

It happens because you are creating a new Thread and this thread will be still alive after you put your app in background. You can change your approach using an Handler. If you need that your next Activity won't start if the splash screen is in background, you have to store the current time before the delay starts.
private static final long SPLASH_SCREEN_MS = 2500;
private long mTimeBeforeDelay;
private Handler mSplashHandler;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_screen);
// Create a new Handler.
mSplashHandler = new Handler();
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
// The first time mTimeBeforeDelay will be 0.
long gapTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - mTimeBeforeDelay;
if (gapTime > SPLASH_SCREEN_MS) {
gapTime = SPLASH_SCREEN_MS;
}
mSplashHandler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
SplashScreenActivity.this.finish();
}
}, gapTime);
// Save the time before the delay.
mTimeBeforeDelay = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mSplashHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null);
}

Just use handler instead of thread sleep like this
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable(){
#Override
public void run() {
Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreenActivity.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
SplashScreenActivity.this.finish();
}
}, SPLASH_DURATION);

You need to implement the onStop() method, only if you want to save data and memory.

Unable to redirect after Splash screen

I havesetup a splash screen from where I want it to redirect to my main activity after 5 sec but my application always stays on the splash screen and never redirects.
I have following code in my SplashActivity.Java
public class SplashActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.SplashActivity);
Thread timer = new Thread() {
public void run() {
try {
// sleep(R.integer.SplashActivityTime);
sleep(5000);
} catch (InterruptedException iEx) {
iEx.printStackTrace();
} finally {
Intent mainActivity = new Intent(
"com.myApp.myApp.MainActivity");
startActivity(mainActivity);
}
}
};
timer.start();
}
}
And in Manifest I Have:
<activity
android:name="com.myApp.myApp.SplashActivity"
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="com.myApp.myApp.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.myApp.myApp.MainActivity" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>

Use this code
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Thread timer = new Thread() {
public void run() {
try {
// sleep(R.integer.SplashActivityTime);
sleep(5000);
} catch (InterruptedException iEx) {
iEx.printStackTrace();
} finally {
Intent mainActivity = new Intent(MainActivity.this,
SecondActivity.class);
startActivity(mainActivity);
finish();
}
}
};
timer.start();
}
And in manifest
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.sample.MainActivity"
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="com.example.sample.SecondActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
</activity>
</application>

Change your Intent:
Intent mainActivity = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
In addition, which class is the owner of that sleep method?

Remove intent-filter for main activity's activity in manifest file
And best way to implement splash screen click here
and starting intent line change to
Intent mainActivity = new Intent(SplashActivity .this, MainActivity.class);

use the following code
Thread logoTimer = new Thread()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
try
{
sleep(3000);
startActivity(new Intent(SplashActivity.this, MainActivity.class));
}//End of try block
catch (InterruptedException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}//End of catch block
finally
{
finish();
}//End of finally block
}//End of run method
};//End of anonymous thread inner class
logoTimer.start();
In Manifest
<activity
android:name="com.myApp.myApp.SplashActivity"
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="com.myApp.myApp.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
</activity>

Maybe Try this :
public class splashscreen extends Activity {
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.splash); // Your Splash Layout
Handler handler = new Handler();
// run a thread
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// make sure we close the splash screen so the user won't come back when it presses back key
finish();
// start the home screen
Intent intent = new Intent(splashscreen.this, TabDemo2Activity.class);
splashscreen.this.startActivity(intent);
}
}, 5000); // time in milliseconds (1 second = 1000 milliseconds) until the run() method will be called
}
}

use Handler as below it's work for me.
Handler handler = new Handler();
// run a thread after 2 seconds to start the home screen
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
finish();
if (!mIsBackButtonPressed) {
// start next activity
Intent intent = new Intent(SplashScreen.this, SEOshopMainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
}, 2000); // time in milliseconds (1 second = 1000 milliseconds) until the run() method will be called

Force closing app and ActivityNotFoundException while using ListActivity

I am following an youtube tutorial to create android apps.
In one of the tutorials they told how to create a Menu class using List activity.
public class Menu extends ListActivity {
String classes[] = {"Start","example1","example2","example3","example4","example5","example6"};
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(Menu.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, classes));
}
#Override
protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
String cheese = classes[position];
try{
Class ourClass = Class.forName("com.example.add." + cheese);
Intent ourIntent = new Intent(Menu.this,ourClass);
startActivity(ourIntent);
}catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
And add activity in the manifest.
<activity
android:name=".Splash"
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:exported="false"
android:name=".Menu"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MENU" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:exported="false"
android:name="com.example.add.Start"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.example.add.START" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
My project has a Start class which adds one to a counter and display it,
a Splash class which defines background image, music and it is the main class.
Before adding Menu class my app worked fine,but after i added it my app began to force close and logcat showed an ActivityNotFoundException and error in Splash class at line 28
public class Splash extends Activity{
MediaPlayer ourSong;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle Dab) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(Dab);
setContentView(R.layout.splash);
ourSong = MediaPlayer.create(Splash.this, R.raw.nodebeat);
ourSong.start();
Thread timer = new Thread(){
public void run(){ //framework to start a new thread
try{
sleep(5000);
}catch(InterruptedException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}finally{
Intent openStart = new Intent("com.example.add.MENU");
startActivity(openStart);
}
}
};
timer.start();
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPause();
ourSong.release();
finish();
}
So please help i am new to android app development and im struck here.
Links to the Logcat logs:-
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxLaXhL-q50-MHlhUW93SmxNT0U/edit Debug Log
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxLaXhL-q50-b1pzbVpIcVNQR2s/edit Error Log
Thanks.

You are using the wrong intent filter for what you're trying to launch. So either change
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MENU" />
to
<action android:name="com.example.add.MENU" />
So that everything matches.
Or change your call in your code so it is:
Intent openStart = new Intent("android.intent.action.MENU");
You should read about Intent Filters.
You could also use the explict intent, since you're not exporting this Activity and you know its name, I don't see a need for an intent filter.
Intent openStart = new Intent(Splash.this, Menu.class);
startActivity(openStart);

Intent action in below both(1 and 2) places should be same , which are not. make them identical.
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MENU" />// (1)
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
and
Intent openStart = new Intent("com.example.add.MENU"); (2)