Why BroadcastReceiver works even when app is in background ?

Question

I am checking Internet connectivity in my app using BroadcastReceiver and I show an alert dialog if the connection is lost. It works fine. But my problem is that BroadcastRe

Answer 1

Have you tried to remove the Intent filter from the manifest and register/unregister it in activity? So you can try to register Intent filter in onStart() and unregister it on onStop() methods. The code goes somethink like this:

static final String ACTION = "android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE";


IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(ACTION);
this.registerReceiver(ConnectivityChangedReceiver, filter);


unregisterReceiver(ConnectivityChangedReceiver);

You should also learn about Activity Lifecycle, if it's not familiar yet.