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A BroadcastReceiver is a special intent which is often invoked by the system on an event.

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Android calendar BroadcastReciever host : com.android.calendar vs com.google.android.calendar

After looking around a bit, I've noticed there are 2 possible hosts for the Android calendar. The first is com.android.calendar and the other is com.google.android.calendar. I'm pretty sure it ...
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How to get Category of application using package name

I am having two or more application having my specified category like <category android:name="com.myapp.MY_CATEGORY"/> and I am able to get all packages having this category by : final ...
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Unregistering a broadcast receiver to MEDIA_BUTTON

I have a service that I've registered a MediaButtonEventReceiver within it. @Override public void onCreate() { ((AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE)) ...
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put a new message into inbox and then device manage it

i have an android program, in which i receive a message from the database at the external server on web then i put message in SMS inbox. now i use system notification like this : Notification intent ...
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sendMultipartTextMessage and monitor send and received

i have read multiple threads on how to send and receive multipart messages. I have implemented the following code and it works! PendingIntent sentPI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, new ...
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How to detect Auto Sync state changed via broadcast receiver

Currently I am working on the widget that has several toggle features, and one of them is Auto-Sync toggle. I managed to implement enabling and disabling of the Auto-Sync using flowing code. public ...
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Android - Broadcast Intent original copy or clone

Its just tricky question. But I want deep diving in Android. Please tell me, if my app receive Broadcast Receive with intent. Received intent(where System or other app sendBroadcast(intent)), Is It ...
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LocalBroadcastManager not working properly

I'm having a little problem here, don't know what is wrong. The LocalBroadcastManager was working as it should be, but after I added some code inside it ( to be able to handle 2 diferent broadcast ) ...
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Android Power Button Double Press

What i am trying to do is ,double clicking the power button will raise a toast "Sending Message", doesn't matter if screen is On or Off.Somehow managed to write this code What i have done is , i have ...
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How to intercept Intent ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED broadcast in Android?

I have an Android app that handles plug-ins of my specific storage device. I want to be able to show the contents of the storage device in a specific way with my Display activity when the device is ...
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Android power saving mode blocks broadcast receiver from being processed

It seems that on some devices, that have Power Saving mode switched on, broadcast receivers are not fired. I have the following code in my broadcast receiver Vibrator v = (Vibrator) ...
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Broadcast new user android wifi hotspot

I tried to find the user macaddress who are attempted to use my wifi hotspot in android in broadcast receiver.But Receiver not working when some one login my wifi .How can i find that <receiver ...
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Holding the broadcast receiver scope to perform operation based on user input

There is a new method supported in Android from API level 11 for extending the lifetime of the broadcast receiver. It is goAsync and new class BroadcastReceiever.PendingResult. Our scenario is: ...
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Alarm Manger is not triggering broadcast receiver exactly at Specified Time

Requirement : I want to trigger alarm and execute broadcast receiver every 3 minutes exactly,But alarm is not triggering exactly every 3 minutes,here is my code,Any help?? Alarm Manager ...
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Capture in real-time pages visted by user

I want to make small parental control application. It should capture URLs of all visited by user pages and save it to the log-file. I do not know how to do that, because user can use any available ...
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PendingIntent AlarmManager does not fire when the screen goes into sleep mode

Need to update the content in my view every x seconds these X seconds depend on the duration of a schedule that varies. I'm using AlarmManager to schedule this upcoming action and firing a Broadcast ...
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How can I know when another .apk failed to be installed?

I write a function which can install another app after I click a button in my own app, when another app is installed successfully, I can know it from a broadcast, but my question is when another app ...
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Detecting when multiple downloads are completed

I am using DownloadManager to download multiple files (12 to be exact). I have setup a BroadcastReciever and when ACTION_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE display an AlertDialog like this: manager.enqueue(f1); ...
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How to indicate in UI when service been crashed android

This runs in separate process.I am using remote aidl. i created a method bitmap and displaying image from service to activity. Now when service gets crash, how to display message that service been ...
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Get contact details on contact creation or update android without using ContentObserver

I have been working with event which notify user about the contact change or insert, i also require the contact details which is not provide by ContentObserver is there any other way some thing like ...
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BroadcastReceiver not called when intent has setComponent

I have a simple MyBroadcastReceiver. I try to send a broadcast: ComponentName name = new ComponentName( MyBroadcastReceiver.class.getPackage().getName(), ...
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registerReceiver programmatically not working

Im developing a service which will start every time user turns screen on / user present / boot completed. I have researched some on google and found that, the ACTION_SCREEN_ON is only registered ...
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Ringtone is played out when Android phone is in RINGER_MODE_SILENT

I have a PhoneReceiver class which extends BroadcastReceiver where I set the phone's profile mode to silent. AudioManager manager = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE); ...
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Unable to broadcast an intent when inside a listener

I am trying to create a music player. At first i was doing it without a service,but then it would not have played in background for a long time.(Swipe Gestures were working fine till then)So i had to ...
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Different output on emulator and test device for the same android app

I have developed an app which receives following steps: PACKAGE_ADDED PACKAGE_REMOVED PACKAGE_REPLACED PACKAGE_CHANGED If I run this app in an emulator everything works fine. But if I run the ...
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AbortBroadcast with media button long press

How can I abort voice dialer broadcast when I press media button for long press? I tried : if (isOrderedBroadcast()) { abortBroadcast(); } but I got bad result, no response for power button,nor ...
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Android how to detect call logs programatically

I am trying to read call logs and save to an external storage. I have used cursor = this.getContentResolver().query(Uri.parse("content://call_log/calls"), projection, selection, ...
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BroadcastReceiver and PostDelay

In my activity I have a private BroadcastReceiver, when triggered, should update the UI after some ms. In my Activity I have: private BroadcastReceiver broadCastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() { ...
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Best way to dismiss a progress dialog?

I'm developing my first Android application and I'm having a hard time dismissing a progress dialog via Broadcast. The situation is quite simple: I have a login activity that uses a Service to ...
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BroadCast receiver with the intent filter of a Widget

my application is using a widget which is declared in the manifest as follows:- <receiver android:name=".ui.widgetprovider.DialerWidgetProvider" > <intent-filter> ...
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Permission Denied checkComponentPermission owninguid Facebook

I am new to android development so pardon me for any silly questions. I know that my question has some similar results for eg. WARN/ActivityManager(5038): Permission denied: checkComponentPermission. ...
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How to bring my app in foreground without use of ActivityManager?

EDIT You can find the answer to this question in the comments ! POST In my app, I have timers to remind the user of some task he's supposed to do. When time is up, a notification is sent. When the ...
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Refresh the Gallery after deleting an image file?

I always found the following answer for my Question: context.sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED, Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()))); ...
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android : “video recording finished” notification

I'm working on a project which need to trigger some action just after the camera finishes recording a video and store it in sdcard. I could find broadcasts that tells us when a photo is captured by ...
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how to BroadcastReciever by SendSMS&ReciveSMS from another application in android

Not Send SMS & Recive SMS from My application,But call my application BroadcastReciver of sendSMS&reciveSMS from another application. Edit: i recived solution for recivesms and call ...
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Why my main activity is getting displayed when I recieve broadcast intent

I have two activities as MainActivity and RecordHistory. I start broadcast receiver in MainActivity. I am able to get broadcast intent also and in OnRecieve I am launching RecordHistory Activity. ...
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Scheduling Random Activity or Service

I am trying to create a service that performs a specific task, let's say for simplicity a simple Toast Message and then schedules itself to run again at a random time in the future. I am using an ...
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Detect Volume Up/Down in Sleep mode

[Possibly duplicate] But I didnt find any answers to this particular question. The work arounds not working exactly. I am trying to detect volume up/down when the phone is in sleep mode. I tried the ...
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Android : Perform action when user presses Clear Data in Manage Apps

Just as we can handle uninstallation of an app: Listen Broadcast Before application uninstall , is there any way or any intent available, through which i can handle CLEAR DATA? I want to perform some ...
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can a BroadCast receiver anonymous class start an activity?

I have two activities such as ActivityA, ActivityB. I want to get a string using editText in ActivityA. and send broadcast. And then in the ActivityB i want to receive the text and set it in the ...
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sendBroadcast does not get called in Activity when Activity is opened

Hi all I am making an app where I receive XMPP packets. My app starts in foreground and starts a Sticky Service if not started and start receive messages in backgrounds and make notifications of them. ...
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Service Broadcast Receiver Logs more than expected

My problem is that I think my service runs multiple times. The service is controlled by a switch calling a method that starts and stops the service. I have a broadcast listener inside my service and ...
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Android - broadcast receiver for device physical buttons

Is there any way to set a broadcast receiver that will fire when a button on the device (power, home, volume) is pressed? Thanks.
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Alert user when wifi network has changed

I am working with Android. I have a service that is getting data from a wifi network. I would like to alert the user if they lose connection to that wifi address. I have been trying to work it out, ...
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Receiving null from echo message when trying to use GCM CCS

Hi all I am literally confused in process of making a chat client. I followed the below link for tutorial and did not find any place where I see a connection to thrid-party server from either device ...
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Why my phone does not get alert from receiver when my app is not running on background?

I have an app and I want to get notifications. It works fine when my phone is running background. But when I clear memory or restart my phone it is not getting notifications. My Receiver extends ...
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Big delay in sendBroadcast after (re)install

I have one application (lets call it MainApp) that asks another app (App2) for a server address. This is done using broadcasts and is used in development to change the server that MainApp uses. This ...
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Is it faster to retrieve a sticky intent or to retrieve a value in a file?

I need to get access to the value of the battery charge of the phone every second (in order to send it - along with other information - somewhere). For that, I retrieve the sticky broadcast from the ...
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What is the most up-to-date, currently working metachanged or playstatechanged broadcast intent for iHeartRadio on Android?

When an Android user starts playing a new song on the Spotify app, it sends out a broadcast with action "com.spotify.android.music.metadatachanged". When an Android user starts playing a new song on ...
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How to receive broadcast in AppWidgetProvider

I am trying to receive a Broadcast from an IntentService into a subclass of AppWidgetProvider. The IntentService is itself triggered when a click is made on the widget(I do this so that I can update ...

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