Android BroadcastReceiver with no intent-filter

Question

I\'ve come across something like this in the AndroidManifest.xml:

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Answer 1

tag will say to android os that i am reciver that's it. it wont say for what event it's intended to listen. Your intent filter will define, for which event you are listning for. for example,

this code says to android os that, i am receiver and i am listing to boot event. So when user will restart his phone, this brodcast receiver will be called.