broadcastreceiver

I work as a junior Android developer and the client has requested the following: "Make research about implementation of pop up box, while application is in background. Thea idea is always when there is notification to show in notification panel, also to be shown in pop up box." (Viber was taken as an example of this) I know how to work with activities and fragments and views in Android, but I don't know how to even google about this so I thought someone could point out a tutorial or just say if there is a word for this technique so I can study it. When a new message is received (Broadcast

Hi Guys I have made simple app to send multiple SMS on android, and I cannot find known which sms is Sent/Delivered, because the delivery notification does not tell for which it is. here is my code : this.destination = data[0]; this.body = data[1]; PendingIntent piSend = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(aCtx, 0, new Intent(Cons.SMS_SENT),0); PendingIntent piDelivered = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(aCtx, 0, new Intent(Cons.SMS_DELIVERED), 0); SmsManager smsManager = SmsManager.getDefault(); smsManager.sendTextMessage(destination, null, body, piSend, piDelivered); Then I use broadcast receiver to get

I have 2 Activities (Activity1, Activity2) and a BroadcastReceiver class Assume that we are now on Activity2, where I set up an AlarmManager to run at a specific time. Is there a way to call the finish() method of Activity2 within the onReceive() of the BroadcastReceiver? My goal is to return to Activity1 from Activity2 without starting a new Intent in onRecieve(). Note: The BroadcastReceiver class is not registered within the Activity of Activity2. It is registered in the AndroidManifest.xml. You can call finish() on the onReceive method. Do remember to unregister your listener on the

I have a broadcastreciever which start a long operation (uploading process). In the code of a service started from the Activity class, I need to register this receiver in a new thread. I have checked this post Are Android's BroadcastReceivers started in a new thread? but I need a more concrete example about using Context.registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver, IntentFilter filter, String broadcastPermission, Handler scheduler) Actually I need to know how to create a new thread from a service and to register the receiver and attached to this thread. Thank you very much. RA In your service

Can I get a wallpaper changed event in a broadcast receiver? I need to detect if the user changed the wall paper. How could I do it? What I am doing is this: I have an app that changes wallpaper automaticly. If the user changes it manually using a different aplication I would like to notice it and ask the users if he/she wants to add that new wallpaper to the list in my application There is only a broadcast for when a wallpaper image changes: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_WALLPAPER_CHANGED To do what you want, you will need to have more logic to use

I have the following code to receive an SMS and I am trying to get the contact name. package com.example.smsTest; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.provider.ContactsContract; import android.provider.ContactsContract.PhoneLookup; import android.telephony.SmsMessage; import android.widget.Toast; public class SmsReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { private SQLiteAdapter mySQLiteAdapter; @Override public void onReceive(Context