Restrict Broadcast Receiver to application

Question

I am working on broadcast receiver and stuck in a problem.

I am receiving a broadcast receiver in Manifest file.

Answer 1

The question was asked a long time ago but in case some one landed on this page while searching, It is possible to register and unregister broadcast receiver from code instead of doing that from manifest file. (Checking the Networking Connectivity using BroadcastReceiver in Android)

Answer 2

What you are talking is not possible. The whole purpose of having the intent filter in the manifest is being able to receive the intent whether or not your application is running. The only way to do what you want to is by registering/unregistering the receiver from the code [registerReceiver]

Answer 3

You said "My problem will solve if it is not receiving anything when application is not opened".

Here how I understand your question and appropriate answer.

android:enabled

Whether or not the broadcast receiver can be instantiated by the system — "true" if it can be, and "false" if not. The default value is "true".

If you want to enable your receiver at runtime, you can set the state to disabled initially. You can do so in the manifest file:

<receiver
android:name=".YourReceiver"
android:enabled="false" >
<!-- your intent filter -->
</receiver>

Source: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/receiver-element.html#enabled

http://www.grokkingandroid.com/enabling-and-disabling-broadcastreceivers/