BroadcastReceiver onReceive triggered when registered

Question

I have a broadcast receiver which is being triggered the moment it\'s registered (and subsequently retriggered with onPause / onResume), surely this is the wrong behaviour?

Answer 1

Here's another solution that worked for me:

class FooActivity extends Activity {    

    private Intent mReceiverRegisteringIntent;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        broadcastReceiver = new FooBroadcastReceiver();
        intentFilter = new IntentFilter(ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        mReceiverRegisteringIntent = registerReceiver(connectivityReceiver, intentFilter);         
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        unregisterReceiver(connectivityReceiver);
    }


    private class MyBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {       
            if (connectivityAction(intent)) {
                Log.d("footag", "onReceive");
                //if mReceiverRegisteringIntent is not null, then this is the sticky
                //broadcast received when registering the receiver for the first time
                if (mReceiverRegisteringIntent != null) {
                    //set it to null for future broadcasts
                    mReceiverRegisteringIntent = null;
                    return; //do nothing
                }

                //logic for future broadcasts
                ...
            }
        }

        private boolean connectivityAction(Intent intent) {
            return ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION.equals(intent.getAction());
        }
    }

}

I'm assuming that MyBroadcastReceiver is an inner class for FooActivity so it can access mReceiverRegisteringIntent