Automatic VPN on Android

[Icy Mountain]

I am running Android 4.1.1 and connecting to a VPN to secure info on public wi-fi. Unlike my laptop, which autoconnects to VPN on startup, when I go to Settings to turn wi-fi on, I must also remember to connect to VPN.

Is there a way to auto turn-on VPN at startup? Something similar to the startup folder or registry entries in Windows?
-Icy

 

[Icy Mountain]

The same day I asked this question my VPN provider, Private Internet Access, released an app for Android that does this! Sweet.

Unfortunately, the app requires a TUN driver compiled with the kernel. Many of the mainstream phones and tables like the Samsung have this. My tablet does not. Unsweet.