Broadcast receiver - monitoring the Battery Level and Charging State

Question

I am trying to make two toasts: one when the device is charging, and one when it`s not. But the receiver acting crazy, sending many toasts, and crashing the app. I can not find the problem. thnx! This is the receiver in Main activity:

public class PowerConnectionReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        int status = intent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_STATUS, -1);

        boolean isCharging = status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING ||
                status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;
        if (isCharging){
            Toast.makeText(context, "The device is charging", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }else{
            Toast.makeText(context, "The device is not charging", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        }

    }
}

This is the manifest:

<receiver android:name=".view.MainActivity$PowerConnectionReceiver">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED"/>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

Answer 1

I found a great way to check if the device is charging, or not. Here is the code of the receiver class:

public class PowerConnectionReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    public PowerConnectionReceiver() {
    }

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED)) {
            Toast.makeText(context, "The device is charging", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED);
            Toast.makeText(context, "The device is not charging", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }


}

Registering it on onResume:

receiver = new PowerConnectionReceiver();

    IntentFilter ifilter = new IntentFilter();
    ifilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED);
    ifilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED);
    registerReceiver(receiver, ifilter);

Unregistered on onPause:

        unregisterReceiver(receiver);

Works fine!

Answer 2

you can use this code

  IntentFilter ifilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
Intent batteryStatus = this.registerReceiver(null, ifilter);

//charging / charged?
int status = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_STATUS, -1);
boolean isCharging = status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING || status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;

if(isCharging == true){
    tvCharged.setText("CHARGING");
}else{
    tvCharged.setText("NOT CHARGING");
}

//how are we charging
int chargePlug = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);
boolean usbCharge = chargePlug == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_USB;
boolean acCharge = chargePlug == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_AC;

if(usbCharge == true){
    tvHowCharging.setText("USB");
}else{
    tvHowCharging.setText("ELECTRICAL OUTLET");
}

//get battery level and print it out
int level = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_LEVEL, -1);
tvLevelOutput.setText(level + " / 100");
pbLevel.setProgress(level);
pbLevel.invalidate();

//get battery temperatur
int temp = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_TEMPERATURE, -1);
tvTempOutput.setText(temp + "Grad");
pbTemp.incrementProgressBy(temp);
pbTemp.invalidate();

//get battery voltage
int voltage = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_VOLTAGE, -1);
tvVoltageOutput.setText(voltage + " V");
pbVoltage.incrementProgressBy(voltage);
pbVoltage.invalidate();