How to send and receive broadcast message

Question

I am trying to pass data between two activities that are inside of tabs. I am trying to use sendBroadcast(). With breakpoints set I never reach onReceiv

Answer 1

I was having the same problem as you, but I figured out:

Remove the intent filter from the manifest and change

Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),WebResults.class);

for

Intent intent=new Intent();

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

Please use

intent.getStringExtra("");

and

new Intent();

Worked for me.

Answer 3

You can do like this

Intent intent = new Intent("msg");    //action: "msg"
intent.setPackage(getPackageName());
intent.putExtra("message", message.getBody());
getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(intent);

Then for receiving write something like this (inside Activity)

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    mBroadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver(){

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){
           /* Toast.makeText(context, "Message is: "+ intent.getStringExtra("message"), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .show();*/
            String action = intent.getAction();
            switch (action){
                case "msg":
                    String mess = intent.getStringExtra("message");
                    txt.setText(mess);
                    break;
            }
        }

    };

    IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter("msg");
    registerReceiver(mBroadcastReceiver,filter);
}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    unregisterReceiver(mBroadcastReceiver);
}