Broadcast Receiver within a Service

Question

I am trying to start up a BroadcastReceiver within a Service. What I am trying to do is have a background running service going that collects incoming text messages, and logs incoming phone calls. I figured the best way to go about this is to have a service running that incorporates a broadcast receiver that can catalog either.

How do i go about doing this? I already have my service up and running.

Answer 1

as your service is already setup, simply add a broadcast receiver in your service:

private final BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {    @Override    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {       String action = intent.getAction();       if(action.equals("android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED")){         //action for sms received       }       else if(action.equals(android.telephony.TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED)){            //action for phone state changed       }         } }; 

in your service's onCreate do this:

IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(); filter.addAction("android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED"); filter.addAction(android.telephony.TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED); filter.addAction("your_action_strings"); //further more filter.addAction("your_action_strings"); //further more  registerReceiver(receiver, filter); 

and in your service's onDestroy:

unregisterReceiver(receiver); 

and you are good to go to receive broadcast for what ever filters you mention in onCreate. Make sure to add any permission if required. for e.g.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />