BroadcastReceiver for Screen On/Off not working

Question

I am trying to use BroadcastReceiver but it is not working, please help me to solve this problem. MyReceiver.java

package com.example.broadcast_receiver;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.util.Log;

public class MyReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.i("[BroadcastReceiver]", "MyReceiver");

        if(intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON)){
            Log.i("[BroadcastReceiver]", "Screen ON");
        }
        else if(intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF)){
            Log.i("[BroadcastReceiver]", "Screen OFF");
        }
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.broadcast_receiver"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="9"
        android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <receiver android:name=".MyReceiver" 
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SCREEN_ON"/>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SCREEN_OFF"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

        <activity
            android:name="com.example.broadcast_receiver.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

BroadcastReceiver not working and not making any log, please help me to solve this problem.

Answer 1

Hey try using dynamic calling of broadcast,I tried this it will surly work...

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    //Create broadcast object
    BroadcastReceiver mybroadcast = new BroadcastReceiver() {    
        //When Event is published, onReceive method is called
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Log.i("[BroadcastReceiver]", "MyReceiver");

            if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON)) {
                Log.i("[BroadcastReceiver]", "Screen ON");
            }
            else if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF)) {
                Log.i("[BroadcastReceiver]", "Screen OFF");
            }

        }
    };

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        registerReceiver(mybroadcast, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON));
        registerReceiver(mybroadcast, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF));
    }
}

Answer 2

If you want this receiver to be called by the system, you would need to export it. You set exported = "false", change this to true or remove exported entirely and this will start working. Normally this would be insecure, but as both SCREEN_ON and SCREEN_OFF are protected-broadcasts, and you verify the actions, only more trusted system code can send them too you, so it's pretty safe.

Sadly this wont work in this case as the intents broadcast have the following flags: Intent.FLAG_RECEIVER_REGISTERED_ONLY | Intent.FLAG_RECEIVER_FOREGROUND