Ah okay, that explains why it didn't work for me. In my case, TargetActivity has a and registers a BroadcastReceiver, but does not implement the interface itself.
On Jul 23, 1:47 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jin Chiu <live2drea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Whenever I invoked `sendBroadcast()` using an intent with Component > > name set, it does not get properly delivered to the destination's > > broadcast receiver. > > It has worked for me. > > > > > > > As an example, assume that I have a TargetActivity that registered a > > BroadcastReceiver for ACTION1 > > > This will work: > > > Intent i = new Intent(TargetActivity.ACTION1); > > sendBroadcast(i); > > > This does not: > > > Intent i = new Intent(TargetActivity.ACTION1); > > i.setClassName(this, TargetActivity.class); > > sendBroadcast(i); > > > I also tried i.setClass() with no luck. Is this behavior expected? > > In this case, sure. Your BroadcastReceiver is not TargetActivity. If > you tell the Intent to go to TargetActivity, and that is not your > BroadcastReceiver, it will not work. setClassName() tells Android to > ignore the action string. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 2.9 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
