How to include a BroadcastReceiver in a different project Xamarin project?

Question

I\'m writing a cross-platform solution in Xamarin, and am about to add a mother project for 3rd-partyu integration (e.g., other Android-parties that want to integrate with m

Answer 1

Assuming this setup:

├── DroidMainApp
│   └── MyBroadcastReceiver (A Project level reference to DroidMainApp)
├── ADifferentApp

DroidMainApp

• A template created Android app
• Package name of com.sushihangover.toaster

MyBroadcastReceiver

• Template created Android Library Project
• Contains one C# file/class
• BroadcastReceiver is named com.sushihangover.toaster.receiver
• BroadcastReceiver is Enabled and Exported

[BroadcastReceiver(Name = "com.sushihangover.toaster.receiver", Enabled = true, Exported = true)]
public class Toaster : BroadcastReceiver
{
    public override void OnReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        Toast.MakeText(context, "Go make some toast", ToastLength.Long).Show();
        Log.Info("SO", "Go make some toast");
    }
}

A Different App calling DroidMainApp's BroadcastReceiver:

• Using an Explicit Intent

var toasterIntent = new Intent();
toasterIntent.SetClassName("com.sushihangover.toaster", "com.sushihangover.toaster.receiver");
var pendingIntent = PendingIntent.GetBroadcast(this, 0, toasterIntent, PendingIntentFlags.CancelCurrent);
var alarmService = (AlarmManager)GetSystemService(Context.AlarmService);
alarmService.SetRepeating(AlarmType.Rtc, 1000, 60000, pendingIntent);