Android-Broadcast Receiver

Question

I am new to android. I what to know the difference between Intent and BroadcastReceiver. I am more confused with BroadcastReceiver tha

Answer 1

The API states:

A BroadcastReceiver is a base class for code that will receive intents sent by sendBroadcast().

An intent is an abstract description of an operation to be performed.

So, a BroadcastReceiver is just an Activity that responds to Intents. You can send your own broadcasts or even the Android Device can send these system wide broadcasts including things like the battery is low, or the device just booted-up.