Call activity method from broadcast receiver android?

Question

In my application I am sending a port SMS to the mobile. And when the message is recieved I need to perform some task in my activity and update the UI.

Manifest Decl

Answer 1

that ((VerifyActivity)context).msgReceived(msg); that's your mistake. Why are you assuming that this context is your activity?

The best way (without 3rd party libraries) to do this is to send a local broadcast.

On this other answer I gave a general idea on how to use LocalBroadcast Best practice to launch AsyncTask from custom view

if you're Ok using 3rd party libraries I suggest you check Otto from Square