Connectivity Change Receiver survives/starts after boot?

Question

I have a simple broadcast receiver that listens in for connectivity changes and if a network is available, it would set a recurring alarm that would start a short-lived service. If there is no network connection, it would disable the recurring alarm:

public class ConnectivityChange extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.d(getClass().getName(), "Connectivity changed! :/");

        MyApplication app = (MyApplication ) context
                .getApplicationContext();


        if (app.isConnected()) {
            // setup repeating alarms, since we are connected.
            app.setCurrencyRatesServiceRepeatingAlarm(context);
            Log.d(getClass().getName(), "Connected :D");
        } else {
            // cancel any repeating alarm, since we are NOT connected.
            app.unsetCurrencyRatesServiceRepeatingAlarm(context);
            Log.d(getClass().getName(), "Not connected :(");
        }


    }

}

The manifest looks like:

<receiver android:name="ConnectivityChange">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE"/>
    </intent-filter> 
</receiver>

All of that works just fine.

HOWEVER, this code seem to run even after I reboot the emulator. I'm not asking for BOOT_COMPLETE. I made sure I didn't restore the emulator from a snapshot. Is this expected behavior? I'm not sure where this is documented. I was about to ask for BOOT_COMPLETE when I came across this.

Answer 1

You can register a BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast receiver, which will get control even if RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED is not requested as a permission.

The Bug is already reported here

even you can check this SO thread

Answer 2

I know this is a somewhat old question, but I thought I'd weigh in anyway. It's quite possible that your connectivity changes whenever you boot, for example that the device goes from no connection to a connection. Therefore your code will run everytime the device boots.