IntentReceiver only application

dtmilano · by **dtmilano** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:13 pm

It's possible to have an application consisting only of an IntentReceiver and no Activity.
See the details in this blog post.
I've found this through trial an error, so I hope this helps save you some time.

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AndroidManifest.xml:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 
    package="com.codtech.android.training.sampleintentreceiver">
 
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon">
 
        <receiver android:name=".SampleIntentReceiver">
 
                <intent-filter>
 
                        <action android:name="com.codtech.android.training.intent.SAMPLE_ACTION"/> 
 
                </intent-filter>
 
                <intent-filter>
 
                        <action android:name="android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT"/>
 
                        <data android:mimeType="image/*"/>
 
                        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
 
                </intent-filter>
 
        </receiver>
 
    </application>
 
</manifest>
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Sample Intenteceiver:

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/**
 
 * Copyright © 2008 Diego Torres Milano <dtmilano at gmail dot com> 
 
 */
 
package com.codtech.android.training.intentreceiver;
 
import android.content.Context;
 
import android.content.Intent;
 
import android.content.IntentReceiver;
 
import android.util.Log;
 
import android.widget.Toast;
 
/**
 
 * @author diego
 
 * 
 
 */
 
public class SampleIntentReceiver extends IntentReceiver {
 
        private static final String TAG = "SampleIntentReceiver";
 
        /*
 
         * (non-Javadoc)
 
         * 
 
         * @see android.content.IntentReceiver#onReceiveIntent(android.content.Context,
 
         *      android.content.Intent)
 
         */
 
        @Override
 
        public void onReceiveIntent(Context context, Intent intent) {
 
                String msg = "SampleIntentReceiver:nonReceiveIntent(context="
 
                                + context.getPackageName()
 
                                + ", intent=[" + intent.getAction() + ", " + intent.getType()
 
                                + ", " + intent.getData() + "])";
 
                Log.d(TAG, msg);
 
                Toast.makeText(context, msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 
        }
 
}
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IntentReceiver only application

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