diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/background/announcements/AnnouncementsBroadcastReceiver.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/background/announcements/AnnouncementsBroadcastReceiver.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.background.announcements;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.background.BackgroundService;
+
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+/**
+ * Watch for notifications to start the announcements service.
+ *
+ * Some observations:
+ *
+ * "Also note that as of Android 3.0 the user needs to have started the
+ *  application at least once before your application can receive
+ *  android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED events."
+ */
+public class AnnouncementsBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
+
+  /**
+   * Forward the intent to an IntentService to do background processing.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
+    if (AnnouncementsConstants.DISABLED) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    BackgroundService.runIntentInService(context, intent, AnnouncementsBroadcastService.class);
+  }
+}