Android - Unable to receive local broadcast in my activity from service

Question

I have my main activity that start a service (Location service) and I want that service to broadcast the new location each time a new location is found.

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Answer 1

In your LocationService, send local broadcast using:

Intent intent = new Intent(CMBroadcastReceiver.RECEIVE_LOCATION_UPDATE);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent);

Answer 2

<service android:name=".LocationService" android:process=":location_service" />

Your service is in a separate process from the activity. LocalBroadcastManager is only for use in one process. Either remove android:process from the <service>, or use some IPC mechanism (e.g., system broadcasts, properly secured).

Answer 3

LocalBroadcastManager does not work across processes. Your Service is running in a separate process.

You can either run your Service in the same process as the Activity - by removing the process attribute from the <service> element - or use some sort of IPC instead - e.g., by sending and receiving the broadcasts on a Context instead of LocalBroadcastManager.