Bundle-StartLevel: 5 BundleContext bundleContext = FrameworkUtil.getBundle(YourClass.class).getBundleContext(); ServiceReference<StartLevel> startLevelRef = bundleContext.getServiceReference(StartLevel.class); StartLevel startLevel = bundleContext.getService(startLevelRef); startLevel.startBundle(bundle, StartLevelOptions.DEFAULT); startLevel.stopBundle(bundle); int startLevel = startLevel.getBundleStartLevel(bundle);