broadcastreceiver

Android Activity with no GUI

Hello, I have created a activity that is only meant to be launched from a link (using a intent filter.) I do not want this activity to have a GUI - I just want it to start a service and put a notification in the bar. I have tried to put the intent filter for the link in my service, but that does not work. Is there a better thing to do th...

Dataflow between Android BroadcastReceiver, ContentProvider, and Activity?

I've developed an application that receives a Broadcast and then launches an Activity, where that Activity queries a ContentProvider which pulls information out of the DNS in real-time. I'd like to be able to shuffle this so that instead of going: BroadcastReceiver.onReceive() { Intent intent = new Intent(...); intent.setData(...);...

Android Broadcast Receiver for Sent SMS messages?

I created a BroadcastReceiver and configured it with an android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED action filter so it is called everytime the phone receives a text. Is there some event/action or other way for my application to be notified whenever the phone sends a text (preferably independent of the application that sends it)? So far th...

Error Receiving Broadcast Intent Problem

Hi, I created a broadcast receiver in the main activity and the background service which is sending broadcast intents. The application crashes each time I try to run it and the Log displays the following error message: 10-04 13:30:43.218: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(695): java.lang.RuntimeException: Error receiving broadcast Intent {...

Incorrect extras received with all intents but the first one

I have a small application which can be used to set reminders for future events. The app uses an AlarmManager to set the time for when the user should be reminded. When the alarm goes off, a BroadcastReceiver registers this and in turn starts a service to notify the user via a toast and a notification in the status bar. In order to disp...

Multiple Broadcast Messages with Less Data or Less Broadcast Messages with More Data?

Hi, I am developing an application which is communicating with the server. Tha application can perform log-in and get different parameters from server. The application consists of a RESTful client (custom class for making requests), Communication Service (the service which runs in the background) and the main activity. For now I crea...

Android SMS intercept without notification icon or WAP-PUSH messages

Is there a way to intercept an SMS with BroadcastReceiver as for example here but without showing any notifications to the user and immediately deleting the message that contains for example some keyword EDIT: What I need is to have some communication between android phones, one to one, and I thought that sending SMS messages would s...

Listen to hardware button click event in android

Hi, As a simple test I'm trying to have a broadcastReceiver that will notify the user with a Toast message that an hardware button was clicked in android. I've created a receiver tag in my manifest file with a name .TestReceiver that listens to Action_CALL_BUTTON to be informed when the user clicks on the green SEND button: <receiver ...

BroadcastReceiver not receiving intent

So now I have my BroastcastReceiver declared in the manifest file... <receiver android:name=".MyReceiver"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.CALL_BUTTON" /> </intent-filter> </receiver> I want to catch the intent when the Call button is pressed. Here is my code... public class MyReceiver...

Android SMS receiver not working

I'm trying to write a simple application that attempts to receive SMS messages and handle them. I've followed several tutorials but I'm getting nowhere, when I send a SMS to the emulator, the Intent never seems to get fired. Here is my intent: package com.neocodenetworks.smsfwd; import android.content.*; import android.os.Bundle; impo...

Broadcast receiver for ACTION_UP of the camera button in android

Hi Samsung Galaxy, Android 1.5. I'm trying to detect when the user releases the camera button. I have a receiver that gets the ACTION_CAMERA_BUTTON intent and examines the EXTRA_KEY_EVENT that comes with it,using the following code (in the onReceive() in the receiver) @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { ...

Broadcast receiver that listens to hard button in android

Hi Is there a cross device hard button in android that a background service can listen to and act when it is pressed/released? Thanks ...

Android - can't enable BroadcastReceiver

I got back to the widget development after upgrading to the latest SDK and all of the sudden my widget is failing on startup with this message: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(5296): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver topjob.widget.SearchWidget: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state ...

How to handle an alarm triggered each day in android

Hi all, I want to set an alarm in my application which will be triggered each day. According to the doc, I have to set a one-time alarm, and in the BroadcastReceiver which will receive the alarm signal, reset the alarm for the day after. Is that correct ? My BroadcastReceiver handles well the wakelock and launch a service which releas...

UDP Broadcast Reception Problems with Ubuntu 9.04 but not 8.04

Updates 01-27ter: rp_filter information added 01-27bis: Note that the 9.04 box works on a different interface. 01-27: Added interface configuration information and analysis of a packet. Original Post I've got two extremely similar hardware configurations (SuperMicro 1U systems with dual Xeon CPUs and two Ethernet ports on board), on...

Android - Passing changing data from BroadcastReciever to another Object?

I have a Wifi class that has a couple of broadcast receivers that listen out for changes in Wifi connection state, Wifi Rssi levels etc... I want to be able to pass this data to another "Engine" Object and still keep the data changing dynamically. I currently create a Wifi object within the "Engine" class and run its methods, the data ...

How can I specify the scheme specific part in a data tag for an intent-filter?

I want to set up a BroadcastReceiver to handle PACKAGE_REPLACED, but I only want to be notified when my package is replaced. It works fine if I specify a data tag with scheme="package" but then I get notified when any application is reinstalled or upgraded. I can't figure out how I'm supposed to specify the package name which is in the...

Android - Can I send an intent on Wifi state change to a service?

Hi all, I want to send an intent to my service everytime the state of Wifi connectivity changes. So when I currently use a broadcast receiver to listen for the state changes in Wifi, so when this recieves an intent I want to be able to send this info on to my service. Is this possible and if so the correct way to do it? ...

Inform Activity from a BroadcastReceiver ONLY if it is in the foreground

Hi there! Maybe it's easy, but I couldn't really figure this out right so far... I got a BroadcastReceiver waiting to get triggered by the AlarmMangager - this works fine. Now: because the event, if it occurs, needs to refresh some elements on screen of the main Activity, I would like to send an Intent from that background BroadcastRec...

How to determine if one of my activities is in the foreground

I have implemented a BroadcastReceiver which is triggered by the AlarmManager. The AlarmManager is initialized on BOOT_COMPLETED. So i have to declare the receiver in the manifest. My problem is that i want the BroadcastReceiver only to do something when none of my own activities are in the foreground (aka the user is not interacting wi...