In my manifest file I have declared the receiver. (as follows)

```
<receiver android:name=".OnAlarmReceive" />

```

however, once I shut down my application, I am not able to get the alarms and the notifications. Apparently, a call to the `OnReceive` in my `Broadcast receiver` is never made.

```
public class OnAlarmReceive extends BroadcastReceiver
{
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent arg1)
   {
       //various stuff
   }
}

```

Inside the MainActivity, my alarm manager class is as the follows.

```
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
    Intent intent = new Intent("MY_ALARM_NOTIFICATION");
    intent.setClass(this, OnAlarmReceive.class);
    intent.putExtra("message", message);
    PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent
            .getBroadcast(MainActivity.this, 0, intent,
                    PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

    Calendar timeCal = Calendar.getInstance();
    timeCal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
    timeCal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minutes);

    alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeCal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);

```

and my manifest as is follows :

```
    <receiver android:name=".OnAlarmReceive">
    <intent-filter android:priority="1">  
        <action android:name="MY_ALARM_NOTIFICATION"/>  
    </intent-filter>  
</receiver>  

```

What should I do in order to receive the notifications/alarms even if I have shut off my app. Background service ?