android-broadcast

I created a BroadcastReceiver and it runs only when my app shown in recent apps menu. If I remove my app from the recent apps the BroadcastReceiver will stop working. How can I keep the BroadcastReceiver in background? I register the BroadcastReceiver from my main activity (in OnCreate()). IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED); registerReceiver(receiver, intentFilter); BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { } }; This is not how you should register a receiver. You receiver

All of us known we register BroadcastReceiver in two types 1)Static Registration 2)Dynamic Registration But my doubt is when we need to use Static and when we need to use Dynamic ? Jitesh Upadhyay As we know there are two ways to register a BroadcastReceiver ; one is static and the other dynamic . Static: Use tag in your Manifest file. (AndroidManifest.xml) Not all events can be registered statically. Some events require permissions. Dynamic: Use Context.registerReceiver() to dynamically register an instance. Note: Unregister when pausing. When we are doing dynamic registration (i.e. at run

I want to check internet connection in Broadcast Receiver; And set result (A boolean flag) to a global variable, to use it on whole application, in if conditions; That if internet is disconnected, set a status imageview in main activity, to red image, and if connected, set it to green. I followed this topic. But there is no getApplication() in Broadcast Receiver; And iI should use getApplicationContext() instead. On another side, this topic: when writing code in a broadcast receiver, which is not a context but is given a context in its onReceive method, you can only call getApplicationContext(

Looking for a "most comprehensive & compatible (i.e. all Android versions...)" way to listen to volume changes, I found 2 different approaches to handle this: registerMediaButtonEventReceiver onKeyDown + SettingsContentObserver Which method is preferable? And why? UPDATE 1: Thanks to the comment below, I discovered that onKeyDown() actually takes over the volume key, which may not be a complete solution as one of the posts mentioned that volume could be changed via interfaces other than the hardware buttons (not to mention that Google seems to be gradually taking away those "take over"

Android android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED Intent is not received if I use the "Restart" or "Reboot" , but works if I turn off and on the device. Is there Any way to make this work? Add <action android:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" /> also Kindly add the below Permission: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" /> and add the Receiver Class entry in manifest.zml: <receiver android:name="com.example.receivers.BootReceiver" > Now Receiver Class: import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content