Is it possible to simulate a GCM receive from the adb shell / am command line? I'm getting an error

Question

I'm trying to simulate as if the device is receiving a GCM push message by using adb and the command line. I've tried this command to broadcast a GCM intent:

adb shell am broadcast -c com.myapp -a com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE -e data "SomeData" 

This triggers a "Permission denial" log line though:

09-19 12:23:34.820      725-787/? W/BroadcastQueue﹕ Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { act=com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE cat=[com.myapp] flg=0x10 (has extras) } from null (pid=21244, uid=2000) requires com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND due to receiver com.myapp/com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver 

Relevant parts of my manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" /> <application> <receiver     android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver"     android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >     <intent-filter>         <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />         <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />         <category android:name="com.myapp" />     </intent-filter> </receiver> </application> 

Any ideas?

Edit / clarification: Push / GCM receive works in production. I'm looking for an easier way to test changes.

Answer 1

You need to remove the permission property in your receiver's definition like this:

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" /> <application> <receiver     android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver" >     <intent-filter>         <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />         <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />         <category android:name="com.myapp" />     </intent-filter> </receiver> </application>