Android BroadcastReceiver or simple callback method?

Question

In my projects I am using BroadcastReceivers as a callback from a long running thread (eg. notify the activity that a download was finished and send some response d

Answer 1

not sure what the goal is , but if you wish to keep the same idea of using intent and broadcastReceiver , and want better performance and security than normal broadcastReceivers , you can try out this demo , available in the android support library :

http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/Support4Demos/src/com/example/android/supportv4/content/LocalServiceBroadcaster.html

if not , you can always use asyncTask , service , handlers , etc...