Android: How to pass Intent via startActivity() to a running Activity?

Question

Say MyService and MyClient are both running, although MyClient is currently in the background. If MyService sends an Intent to MyClient via:

Intent i = new Intent(MYService.this, MyClient.class);
i.setAction("com.test.MyService.ACTION_SERVICE");
i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(i);

How do I get this Intent in MyClient? Running this code triggers onResume() in MyClient, but because it's already running, calling getIntent() returns the Intent that initially created MyClient, which is always android.intent.action.MAIN

Answer 1

override onNewIntent() and make sure you flag the intent so that it doesn't start a new instance of your activity

Answer 2

This does not work. The onNewIntent never get called. My settings were all default, and no new instance was created. Any other settings needed to make the onNewIntent be called?