Reference app not restarting itself with RegionBootstrap in background

[malibu1966]

I was attempting to use the demo code for "Starting an App in the Background" to my app and it wasn't working. Now I have tried the code in the reference app and getting the same result.

Expected behavior

App launches itself

Actual behavior

App does not launch. Log seems to indicate that the intent is being created and submitted but it does not start the app, nor can I find any sign of code execution within the MonitoringActivity, which is what the intent targets in the reference app.

Steps to reproduce this behavior

• Install reference app
• Add ibeacon monitoring at line 45:

      beaconManager.getBeaconParsers().add(new BeaconParser().
              setBeaconLayout("m:2-3=0215,i:4-19,i:20-21,i:22-23,p:24-24"));

• Start app, start ranging
• Kill app through sliding off app switcher or put it in the background; both will produce error
• Use beacon simulator to start beacon (I am using an iBeacon in Beacon Simulator on Android)
• Witness nothing happening. My understanding is that the app screen should launch at this point.

Mobile device model and OS version

Samsung Note 9 Android 10, kernel 4.9.186-18803994

Android Beacon Library version

2.17.1

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[davidgyoung]

OK, I understand the issue. As of Android O it is no longer possible to auto-launch an activity on beacon detection. The most you can do is send a notification, and then let the user tap the notification to bring up the activity. The reference app was just never updated with that change. I have corrected that here: https://github.com/AltBeacon/android-beacon-library-reference/pull/62