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

Question

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

Answer 1

Whenever a service is killed, its onDestroy method is always called. Its better to use a BroadcastReceiver to start your service when it is killed.

Here is a sample code illustrating its implementation:-

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
Intent in = new Intent();
in.setAction("StartkilledService");
sendBroadcast(in);
Log.d("debug", "Service Killed");
}

Then register a receiver in AndroidManifest.xml:-

Finally,create a BroadcastReceiver,and start your service in the onReceive method:-

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.d("debug", "ServeiceDestroy onReceive...");
Log.d("debug", "action:" + intent.getAction());
Log.d("debug", "Starting Service");
ServiceManager.startService();
}

Hope this helps.