broadcastreceiver

Well, in android, what is the difference between doing something in broadcastReceiver and calling another service in broadcastReceiver ? I think they both run in background,right? Actually, what I what to do is: In certain time of everyday, download the user event(eg: 9:00 am eat breakfast) from database, and set up the AlarmManager to show notification about the event. Now I set up a alarm manager to do the above task. And I am puzzled should I directly accomplish this in BroadcastReceiver or call service in BroadcastReceiver to accomplish this. Thank You. You should do as LITTLE processing

I studied the ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON intent and Im trying to use it and intercept the button presses and present them on screen using a toast. I registered the receiver to intercept two intents: ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG - plugging the headset ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON - receiving the button presses This is done in my main activity: IntentFilter mediaFilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON); mediaFilter.setPriority(10000); registerReceiver(_receiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG)); registerReceiver(_receiver, mediaFilter); This is the part of the receiver that handles the button

I am trying to figure out how to wake and unlock the phone with a service. I have been referring to this post but, I can't figure out why it isn't working. This is the code that I have so far: public class WakephoneActivity extends Activity { BroadcastReceiver mReceiver; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { // Log.v(TAG, "Screen OFF onReceive()"); screenOFFHandler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(0, 2000); } };

Even after a lot of research I am still not completely sure if the way how I implement a WakeLock for a Service started by a BroadcastReceiver is correct - even though it seems to work fine. The broadcast receiver gets intents sent to it from an alarm, so to start with, from the API docs of AlarmManager : If your alarm receiver called Context.startService(), it is possible that the phone will sleep before the requested service is launched. To prevent this, your BroadcastReceiver and Service will need to implement a separate wake lock policy to ensure that the phone continues running until the

I have seen several examples of how to implement a BroadCastReceiver, but how should I implement a Service that has to react to some pending Intent (for example incoming phone call)... Actually I was wondering about the same "problem" but in an Activity.. You obviously have a class which extends a Service or an Activity) so it cannot also extend BroadCastReceiver... It looks like we cannot make "platform-aware" services and/or Activties? To register an activity to receive a certain intent you need to: // Flag if receiver is registered private boolean mReceiversRegistered = false; // I think