Android adb shell am broadcast: Bad component name

Question

I am trying to \'emulate\' a reboot (or anything else with the adb shell am) and am unable to figure out how to reference my component. Then again, maybe I don

Answer 1

Try

adb shell am broadcast \ -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED \ -n net.fstab.checkit_android/.StartupReceiver

(note the -n net.fstab.checkit_android/.StartupReceiver) to aim at a specific receiver.

Also make sure your app uses permission to receive specific broadcast intents - in this case it would be