From 9af57247aafcb8512d4b2f30685324edb2d508e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dev@empiremedia.io" <T3l3kom!23>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:30:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix solution for launching the service pre-8.0 devices.

---
 .../main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.java  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tunnel/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.java b/tunnel/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.java
index dfe217a35..c9ba1075d 100644
--- a/tunnel/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.java
+++ b/tunnel/src/main/java/com/wireguard/android/backend/GoBackend.java
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ private void setStateInternal(final Tunnel tunnel, @Nullable final Config config
             final VpnService service;
             if (!vpnService.isDone()) {
                 Log.d(TAG, "Requesting to start VpnService");
-                context.startService(new Intent(context, VpnService.class));
+                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+                    context.startForegroundService(new Intent(context, VpnService.class));
+                } else {
+                    context.startService(new Intent(context, VpnService.class));
+                }
             }
 
             try {