BroadcastReceiver declared in manifest is not receiving the Broadcast

Question

I've tried to register a Wifi BroadcastReceiver to get the wifi state when it changes. But so far I have no luck receiving the broadcast.

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <receiver android:name=".WifiReceiver" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.net.wifi.WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_CHANGED_ACTION" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

    //activity declaration here...

</application>

Do you guys know how to register the BraodcastReceiver in manifest?

I don't want to register it in activities because I want to monitor the wifi when there is changes in the wifi state whether my application is running or not.

This is my BroadcastReceiver class:

public class WifiReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    private final String TAG = "WifiReceiver";

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        int wifiState = intent.getIntExtra(WifiManager.EXTRA_WIFI_STATE, WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_UNKNOWN);
        String wifiStateText = "No State";

        switch (wifiState) {
        case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_DISABLING:
            wifiStateText = "WIFI_STATE_DISABLING";
            break;
        case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_DISABLED:
            wifiStateText = "WIFI_STATE_DISABLED";
            break;
        case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_ENABLING:
            wifiStateText = "WIFI_STATE_ENABLING";
            break;
        case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_ENABLED:
            wifiStateText = "WIFI_STATE_ENABLED";
            break;
        case WifiManager.WIFI_STATE_UNKNOWN:
            wifiStateText = "WIFI_STATE_UNKNOWN";
            break;
        default:
            break;
        }
        MyLog.d(TAG, "onReceive Broadcast > WiFiState: " + wifiStateText);
        MyLog.d(TAG, "onReceive Broadcast > Time: " + new Date());
    }
}

I really hope to get some help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Your receiver in manifest should looks like this

<receiver android:name=".WifiReceiver" >
    <intent-filter>
       <action android:name="android.net.wifi.WIFI_STATE_CHANGED" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Also the following permission may be needed

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

Answer 2

If your Target android version is more than Android O. if you declare receivers in manifest they wont work. So you need to register inside your activity.

Note: If your app targets API level 26 or higher, you cannot use the manifest to declare a receiver for implicit broadcasts (broadcasts that do not target your app specifically), except for a few implicit broadcasts that are exempted from that restriction. In most cases, you can use scheduled jobs instead.

Resource: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/broadcasts

Answer 3

<receiver android:name=".WifiReceiver" >
     <intent-filter android:priority="100" >
          <action
             android:name="android.net.wifi.WIFI_STATE_CHANGED"
             android:enabled="true" />
     </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Enter the high priority and also enabled flag as true