Autostart is not working

[miikew mike]

Hi i have trouble with running Photocloud in autostart mode

i have lenovo Lenovo TB-X505F on the wall and there is feature in firmware for scheduled on and off, so i wanted to have this tablet as Photoframe, i added photos from my smb share and switch Autostart but nothing happens after reboot 

Pls help

[Martin Vysny]

Hi Mike,

this is really strange. Which Android version are you running on the
device, perhaps Android 11?

In fact, noticed the same thing after I upgraded my phone to Android 12;
however I noticed that not only PhotoCloud won't start, but *none* of
the apps I use starts on boot anymore: especially the "MyTherapy" pill
reminder doesn't start which could be really dangerous.

Android changed the boot-related policy quite a couple of times already,
but it used to work until now. The thread at
https://stackoverflow.com/a/46294732/377320 suggests that you need to
run the app at least once in order for the BOOT_COMPLETED intent to be
broadcasted. Could it be a bug in Android (that you need to run the app
at least once even after the app upgrades)?

Not sure... Also
https://www.androidbugfix.com/2022/01/receiver-on-bootcompleted-not-fired.html
suggests that it's a "feature" of the Android OS instead of a bug in the
app...

PhotoCloud exports all appropriate bits for Android, and the
configuration is correct since it works on older Androids... Sounds like
Android 11+ changed something which caught all apps off-guard. Sounds
like it's broken for all apps, not just PhotoCloud, which once again
suggests a bug in Android OS itself.

I will definitely be on a lookout for a workaround.

Best,
Martin

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