diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/fxa/receivers/FxAccountDeletedReceiver.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/fxa/receivers/FxAccountDeletedReceiver.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.fxa.receivers;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.background.common.log.Logger;
+
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+public class FxAccountDeletedReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
+  public static final String LOG_TAG = FxAccountDeletedReceiver.class.getSimpleName();
+
+  /**
+   * This receiver can be killed as soon as it returns, but we have things to do
+   * that can't be done on the main thread (network activity). Therefore we
+   * start a service to do our clean up work for us, with Android doing the
+   * heavy lifting for the service's lifecycle.
+   * <p>
+   * See <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/BroadcastReceiver.html#ReceiverLifecycle">the Android documentation</a>
+   * for details.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent broadcastIntent) {
+    Logger.debug(LOG_TAG, "FxAccount deleted broadcast received.");
+
+    Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, FxAccountDeletedService.class);
+    serviceIntent.putExtras(broadcastIntent);
+    context.startService(serviceIntent);
+  }
+}