Trouble sending Bundle with PendingIntent to a Broadcast Receiver, data lost.

Question

Hello,

I am adding some basic alarm functionality to my program via the use of AlarmManager and a BroadcastReceiver class (named AReceiver.java). My problem is that the data I add to the bundle attached to the Intent creating the PendingIntent appears to be lost. The only bundle data I can access in the AReceiver class is a android.intent.extra.ALARM_COUNT=1.

Here is the basic code in the main activity class creating the Intent, PendingIntent and the AlarmManager: [Code in main activity - Notepadv3]

Intent intent = new Intent(Notepadv3.this, AReceiver.class);         
intent.putExtra("teststring","hello, passed string in Extra");               
PendingIntent alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, pendingPeriodIntentId, intent, 0);     
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);           
am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeOfNextPeriod.getTimeInMillis(), alarmIntent);

[Code in the BroadcastReceiver - AReceiver]

public void onReceive(Context con, Intent arg1) {
Bundle extrasBundle = arg1.getExtras();
Log.d("broadcast","contains teststring = " + extrasBundle.containsKey("teststring"));
Log.d("broadcast","is empty? = " + extrasBundle.isEmpty());
Log.d("broadcast","to string = " + extrasBundle.toString());
    }   

Debug messages say that contains teststring is FALSE, is empty is FALSE and when outputting the whole bundle, I get the android.intent.extra.ALARM_COUNT=1 value.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Tom

Answer 1

You have to change this line

PendingIntent alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, pendingPeriodIntentId, intent, 0);

into this

PendingIntent alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, pendingPeriodIntentId, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

otherwise the data is lost