USSD service not working

Question

I\'m trying to develop an application which silently dismiss the USSD responses. I\'ve used the code from http://commandus.com/blog/?p=58 with minor changes. I\'ve created t

Answer 1

If your using android 3.1 (API 12), when an app installs it's in a stopped state by default until the user starts your app explicitly as stated in the commonsblog:

http://commonsware.com/blog/2011/07/13/boot-completed-regression-confirmed.html

and in the android documentation:

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-3.1.html#launchcontrols

I believe the bottom line is that an app containing only an IntentService or BroadcastReceiver cannot be started by it's own.