 <p>Having the triggers activate when the application is not running at all (not even in background) isn't supported through the Worklight APIs. You could try and use Worklight Android Native SDK together with cmarcelk's suggestions. Or you could use the Worklight Android triggers within a native service, together with the Broadcast Receivers mechanism so that it will run automatically on boot. You could then use an Intent to open the application from the trigger callback.</p>