how to use intent from receiver android

Question

hi ive got a working sms receiver but when i try to load another class using:

Intent intent = new Intent(SMSReceiver.this, SMSNotifier.class);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);

i get the error:

The constructor Intent(SMSReceiver, Class<SMSNotifier>) is undefined

for the first line and:

The method startActivityForResult(Intent, int) is undefined for the type SMSReceiver

for the second line

id really appreciate some advice as to whats going wrong

thanks, ng93

edit:

package com.prototype.messages;

import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.gsm.SmsMessage;

public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
SmsMessage[] msgs = null;
String str = "";
if (bundle != null) {
Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
for (int i=0; i msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]);
str += "SMS from " + msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress();
str += " :";
str += msgs[i].getMessageBody().toString();
str += "\n";
}
}
// Context context = getApplicationContext();
String ns = Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE;
int icon = R.drawable.icon;
CharSequence tickerText = "Hello";
long when = System.currentTimeMillis();
Notification notification = new Notification(icon, tickerText, when);
CharSequence contentTitle = "My notification";
CharSequence contentText = "Hello World!";
// Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(SMSReceiver.this, Messages.class);
// notificationIntent.setFlags( Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
// PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this,0,notificationIntent,0);
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, contentTitle, contentText, null);
NotificationManager mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(ns);
mNotificationManager.notify(1, notification);
}
}

Answer 1

SMSReceiver is not an activity. Only activities can use startActivityForResult(), and only Contexts (a parent class of Activity) be used in creating an Intent using the constructor you chose.