Automatically restart a Service when the apk crashes

Question

I want to restart my Service automatically if the application crashes. My ideas are:

1: a BroadcastReceiver when the apk crashes and automatic restart the Service

if("android.intent.action.SOMETHING".equals(intent.getAction()))
  {
     Intent serviceLauncher = new Intent(context, Service.class);
     context.startService(serviceLauncher);
  }

2: with an uncaughtException(), but i dont know to handle that

Answer 1

I think you only need return START_STICKY in onStartCommand() of Service

Answer 2

You can use setUncaughtExceptionHandler

When receiving the event you can start the service again,

Another option, that might work (You need to try it), is calling StartService on the OnDestroy method.