Emulate a broadcast in Android

Question

I need to know how to emulate a broadcastreceiver.

I have the following code, but I have no clue how to actually see when it is receiving a broadcast.

public class LocationBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver 
{
@Override

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {


    Bundle b = intent.getExtras();
    Location loc = (Location)b.get(android.location.LocationManager.KEY_LOCATION_CHANGED);

    Toast.makeText(context, loc.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); 
    Log.d("com.dennis.test","LOCATION:  " + loc.toString());


}
}

In my manifest I have the following:

<receiver android:name="com.dennis.test.LocationBroadcastReceiver">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.location.LocationManager.KEY_LOCATION_CHANGED" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Answer 1

Go to the folder where your android-sdk is installed and then to platform-tools. There will be some executables. One of them is 'adb'.

When in the folder, execute

./adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.KEY_LOCATION_CHANGED -c android.intent.category.HOME -n com.dennis.test/.LocationBroadcastReceiver

or on windows

adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.KEY_LOCATION_CHANGED -c android.intent.category.HOME -n com.dennis.test/.LocationBroadcastReceiver