I have a receiver class listening on several actions but it can not catch the android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED
action. What I am doing wrong? here is my manifest file:
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<!--<receiver android:name=".OtherReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>-->
<receiver android:name="com.myApp.AppReceiver" android:permission="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED"/>
<action android:name="com.myApp.wifitimer"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
<data android:scheme="package" android:path="com.myApp" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
as it can be seen I added the permission again inside the receiver and the name of the receiver gets the full name of the class as this answer suggests.
here is the broadcast receiver class:
@Override
public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
String action1 = arg1.getAction();
if(action1.equals(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED)) {
Log.d("receiver","action is: boot");
}
if(action1.equals("android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED")) {
Log.d("receiver","action is: package");
}
}
When I run the app the receiver catches the android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED
but when I restart the phone the receiver does not catch the BOOT_COMPLETED
.
However when I comment in the .OtherReceiver
in the Mainfest file it can catch it!
here is the code of this class:
public class OtherReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
String action = arg1.getAction();
if(action.equals(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED)) {
Log.d("new receiver","action is: boot");
}
}
}
just the same as the other one. So my question is why I need define a separate receiver for the BOOT_COMPLETED
action?
Edit: I also tried to send the action via adb according to this, and without any permission I could catch it with the AppReceiver class:
am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED -c android.intent.category.HOME -n com.blubuk/.AppReciever
First, remove android:permission="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"
from your <receiver>
element.
Second, your <data>
portion of your <intent-filter>
is applying to all <action>
elements within that <intent-filter>
, which you do not want. There is no Uri
on ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED
.
However, rather than creating a separate <receiver>
element, you could just create a separate <intent-filter>
element on your original <receiver>
element. Move your <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
to the new <intent-filter>
(and perhaps that com.myApp.wifitimer
one too), so that they are unaffected by the <data>
of your first <intent-filter>
.