Service not starting on Oreo in app widget using PendingIntent

Question

I\'m using Android app widgets. I\'m creating a PendingIntent object and use it in the method RemoteViews#setOnClickPendingIntent(). This is the pe

Answer 1

Could goasyc be an option? You could change your PendingIntent to fire a BroadcastReceiver, then in the OnRecieve method, you can call goasync() Then you should be able to use the PendingResult it generates to create an async call. Still don't think you can start a service.

How to use "goAsync" for broadcastReceiver?