Broadcast Receiver Not Receiving Action_boot_completed If App Hasn't Been Run?

I have been trying to create an app service that does not have an Activity and i ran into some issues. I want the service to run from boot, so naturally used a BroadcastReciever to

Solution 1:

Have i missed something?

Yes.

I haven't seen any mention of this in the documentation.

It was mentioned in the Android 3.1 release documentation, blog posts by balding guys, and a seemingly infinite number of answers here on StackOverflow.