Custom intent not received

Question

I've two activities, A and B. Activity A catches the intent with a broadcast receiver, activity B fires it.

Code of activity A :

final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

            String action = intent.getAction();         

            if(action.equals(floatyNetworkList.CONNECT_INTENT)){
                Log.v("com.vittorio", "intent catched");
                BluetoothDevice target = (BluetoothDevice) intent.getExtras().get("Device");
                Thread T = new Thread(new ConnectThread(target, mHandler, recmsgs, DDB, "Connecting"));
                T.start();
            }
..
..

In activity A I also register the receiver with the following code:

IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND);
filter.addAction(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED);
filter.addAction(floatyNetworkList.CONNECT_INTENT);
registerReceiver(mReceiver, filter);

Code of activity B, my intent is fired when i select an item from my listview:

listBtview.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterBt, View myView, int myItemInt, long mylng) {

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        HashMap<String,String> selectedFromList =(HashMap<String,String>) (listBtview.getItemAtPosition(myItemInt));
        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), selectedFromList.get("Name"), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), Floaty.class);
        intent.setAction(CONNECT_INTENT);
        intent.putExtra("Device",fetchDevice(selectedFromList.get("Address")));
        getApplicationContext().sendBroadcast(intent);
      }                  
});

}

Problem is that activity A never receives the intent. I've also added the filter for my custom intent and updated properly my manifest.

Manifest code :

    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        <action android:name="com.vittorio.intent.action.CONNECT_INTENT"/>
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    </intent-filter>

Any ideas?

Thank you

can you show us the code where the BroadcastReceiver is registered or the manifest where it is declared — k3b, May 07 '13 at 14:38
I've added both manifest and code where I register the receiver — Vittorio Cozzolino, May 07 '13 at 14:42
why are you using getApplicationContext(), and getBaseContext()? — pskink, May 07 '13 at 14:51
I need getBaseContext() for the toast, it's not related to the intent. and i need to call the context of the application with getApplicationContext() because from where i fire the intent i cannot see the app context directly — Vittorio Cozzolino, May 07 '13 at 14:53
Even if a define a var that holds the context of the application things don't change.. — Vittorio Cozzolino, May 07 '13 at 15:22
don't use application/base context, use activity context instead — pskink, May 07 '13 at 15:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '13 at 17:54

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create intent like this:

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(CONNECT_INTENT);

or

intent = new Intent(CONNECT_INTENT);

and, yes, don't use application context, see many posts about it on this site

answered May 07 '13 at 17:54

pskink

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Ok now it works, but I just changed the intent to `Intent intent = new Intent();` without modifing the context :). – Vittorio Cozzolino May 08 '13 at 09:06
ok, I agree it works, but read rhis: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7298731/when-to-call-activity-context-or-application-context – pskink May 08 '13 at 09:24
Thank you very much for sharing this, now I changed the code according to your reply :) – Vittorio Cozzolino May 08 '13 at 10:16

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