Send string from service to activity

Question

I\'m trying to send string from service to my main activity with broadcast. I have read in a few forums that there are 2 ways to use broadcast. One is to register the activi

Answer 1

You can use LocalBroadcastManager to achieve what you want. Like in your service call this method when you want to send the data.

private static void sendMessageToActivity(String msg) {
  Intent intent = new Intent("intentKey");
  // You can also include some extra data.
  intent.putExtra("key", msg);
  LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(context).sendBroadcast(intent);
}

In your Activity register a Receiver in onCreate()

LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).registerReceiver(mMessageReceiver, new IntentFilter("intentKey"));

And out of onCreate() this code.

private BroadcastReceiver mMessageReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
  @Override
  public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
      // Get extra data included in the Intent
      String message = intent.getStringExtra("key");
      tvStatus.setText(message);
      // Toast.makeText(context, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }
};