We might have a long-running task that we need to execute when the device starts. This may be needed to set up some service or configuration for other services.
When we want to perform a task when the device starts up, we can start a service when we receive the ActionBootComplete intent action:
As subscribing to the boot events is a privileged action, we have to request special permission to do so:
[assembly: UsesPermission( Manifest.Permission.ReceiveBootCompleted)]
Before we can start our task, we need a
Serviceinstance that will perform the actual task:[Service] public class XamarinService : IntentService { protected override void OnHandleIntent(Intent intent) { // some startup task } }Once we have the service and permission, we need to listen for the boot events using a
BroadcastReceiverinstance:[BroadcastReceiver] [IntentFilter(new []{ Intent.ActionBootCompleted })] public class ServiceStarter : BroadcastReceiver { public override...