I am trying to start up a BroadcastReceiver
within a Service
. What I am trying to do is have a background running service
going that collects incoming text messages, and logs incoming phone calls. I figured the best way to go about this is to have a service
running that incorporates a broadcast receiver that can catalog either.
How do i go about doing this? I already have my service up and running.
as your service is already setup, simply add a broadcast receiver in your service:
private final BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String action = intent.getAction();
if(action.equals("android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED")){
//action for sms received
}
else if(action.equals(android.telephony.TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED)){
//action for phone state changed
}
}
};
in your service's onCreate
do this:
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
filter.addAction("android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED");
filter.addAction(android.telephony.TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED);
filter.addAction("your_action_strings"); //further more
filter.addAction("your_action_strings"); //further more
registerReceiver(receiver, filter);
and in your service's onDestroy
:
unregisterReceiver(receiver);
and you are good to go to receive broadcast for what ever filters you mention in onCreate
. Make sure to add any permission if required. for e.g.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />