Can a Flex AIR app on Android start up as a service on boot?

I understand you can create a service in Android and start it up on boot, which can then be used to get location updates, communicate with a server, etc.

However what I wanted to find out is if this possible to do in AIR. AIR runs on Android, but can it be set a 'service' and start up on boot (sitting 开发者_开发技巧in the background)?

Thank you!

Your application will be running inside the AIR runtime which itself is not a service. So the short answer is unfortunately no.

Also the AIR runtime is a whopping 16MB, so you (and more so your users) are better if you write a native Android Service.

Yes, it's possible. Place this code inside application.xml

       <application>
                <activity>
                    <intent-filter>
                        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
                    </intent-filter>
                </activity>
                <receiver android:enabled="true" android:name="packeg.and.Class" 
                          android:exported="true" 
                          android:permission="android.permission.WHAT_YOU_NEED" 
                          > 
                    <intent-filter android:priority="999" > 
                        <action android:name="android.provider.some.SERVICE" />
                    </intent-filter> 
                </receiver>
                <activity android:name="your.package.MainActivity">
     </activity>
 </application>

Of course you first need to write Java code and later make ANE file.