Can't receive broadcasts for PACKAGE intents

Question

I am trying to register a Broadcast Receiver to receive broadcast events for the package events. Following is the code and my receiver in the manifest file. The log statment

Answer 1

It is possible that these Intents cannot be received by components registered in the manifest, but only by receivers registered in Java via registerReceiver().

Answer 2

These three intents namely,

Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED
Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED
Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED

when broadcasted by the system, have

Intent.FLAG_RECEIVER_REGISTERED_ONLY_BEFORE_BOOT

flag added so that only the registered receivers will receive the broadcasts and no broadcast receiver components will be launched. Refer Intent and PackageManagerService class of source for further details.

Answer 3

This is my manifest, without

<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

My app detects only the Android Market app install, but does not remove. Now it receives also the non-Android Market app broadcasts.

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <activity
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:name=".SomeActivity" >
        <intent-filter >
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <receiver android:name="com.som.pakage.PackageInstallReceiver" >
        <intent-filter >
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <data android:scheme="package" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
</application>