Pass a value from activity to broadcastreceiver and start a service from the broadcast receiver

Question

I have an activity. It contains a button whose text changes dynamically. I would like to pass this text to my broadcast receiver which receives the sms. Now my broadcast rece

Answer 1

if your BroadcastReceiver is defined in a separate class file, then you may simply broadcast the value to that receiver. Once the value is received, do the magic for service by using receiver's context

Update:

in your activity:

Intent in = new Intent("my.action.string");
in.putExtra("state", "activated");
sendBroadcast(in);

in your receiver:

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
  String action = intent.getAction();

  Log.i("Receiver", "Broadcast received: " + action);

  if(action.equals("my.action.string")){
     String state = intent.getExtras().getString("state");
     //do your stuff
  }
}

in manifest xml: