Android: Download Manager

Question

I want to implement a solution where I want to catch the android.intent.action.DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED intents from the Android Market App i.e after the download of

Answer 1

You've got everything right except the name of the action in the intent filter. Note the DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE instead of DOWNLOAD_COMPLETED

    <receiver 
        android:name=".DownloadReceiver"
        android:exported="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/download_icon" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE" />
         </intent-filter>
     </receiver>        

This worked for me. You do not need to register the receiver in code, this will listen even when your app isn't running.

Answer 2

First register the reciever

registerReceiver(onComplete, 
new IntentFilter(DownloadManager.ACTION_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE));

And set a BroadcastReciever to capture the event.

BroadcastReceiver onComplete=new BroadcastReceiver() {
        public void onReceive(Context ctxt, Intent intent) {
            // run your action here
        }
    };

Answer 3

Probabily your receiver is declared with lower priority than the registered for the Market application. Try to use IntentFilter.setPriority() or declare the priority on XML here