broadcastreceiver

I am trying to create a notification at a particular time. Im creating a broadcast receiver and calling it through the AlarmManager. Problem is that the broadcast is not received and that I am not getting any notifications. Registering the Broadcast Receiver in the Manifest, <receiver android:name="com.example.android.receivers"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.example.android.receivers.AlarmReceiver" /> </intent-filter> </receiver> This is the Broadcast Receiver, public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { @Override public void onReceive(Context pContext, Intent pIntent)

I am new to android platform.please help me out how the Broadcast Receiver and Intent Filter behaves in android.please explain in simple line or with example.thanks in advance... RoflcoptrException A broadcast receiver is a class in your Android project which is responsible to receive all intents, which are sent by other activities by using android.content.ContextWreapper.sendBroadcast(Intent intent) In the manifest file of you receicving activity, you have to declare which is your broadcast receiver class, for example: <receiver android:name="xyz.games.pacman.network.MessageListener"> <intent

Looking for a "most comprehensive & compatible (i.e. all Android versions...)" way to listen to volume changes, I found 2 different approaches to handle this: registerMediaButtonEventReceiver onKeyDown + SettingsContentObserver Which method is preferable? And why? UPDATE 1: Thanks to the comment below, I discovered that onKeyDown() actually takes over the volume key, which may not be a complete solution as one of the posts mentioned that volume could be changed via interfaces other than the hardware buttons (not to mention that Google seems to be gradually taking away those "take over"

I am trying to get a list of receivers that handle android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED for other applications. I can get only the apps with that action with this: final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); final Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"); final List<ResolveInfo> activities = pm.queryBroadcastReceivers(intent, 0); for (ResolveInfo ri : activities) { Log.i(TAG, "app name: " + ri.loadLabel(pm)); } I can get a list of receivers with this code: final List<PackageInfo> packs = pm.getInstalledPackages(PackageManager.GET_RECEIVERS); for (final PackageInfo

I've tried to register a Wifi BroadcastReceiver to get the wifi state when it changes. But so far I have no luck receiving the broadcast. <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" > <receiver android:name=".WifiReceiver" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.net.wifi.WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION" /> <action android:name="android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE" /> </intent-filter> </receiver> //activity declaration here... </application> Do you guys know how to register the BraodcastReceiver in manifest? I don't want to register it in

Hi I see that some broadcast receiver use this tag android:exported="true" in Android Manifest.xml to register. <receiver android:exported="true" android:name="com.flyingsoftgames.googleplayquery.QueryReceiver"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER" /> </intent-filter> </receiver> What exactly the use of android:exported="true" to register broadcast receiver in Android ? Thanks in advance. From the Developer Guide : android:exported Whether or not the broadcast receiver can receive messages from sources outside its application — "true" if it can, and

I have an SMS blocker Android application developed myself which was working quite well capturing all the spams until recently Google updated its Hangouts app to work with SMSs. The Problem: SMS is getting captured by both my app and hangouts! Even though the message is blocked by my app and stored in its private database, it is also present in the hangouts app and thus in the stock Messaging app at the same time. Seems the abortBroadcast() isn't working any more. Everything was working perfectly before the Hangouts update. I had also tried fiddling with android:priority but in vain. Hangouts