That should be fine. In addition to the links I supplied you on an earlier thread, here is a sample project with a custom action:
http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/tree/master/Service/WeatherPlus/ On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Bret Foreman <bret.fore...@gmail.com> wrote: > My IntentService is happily chugging away and sends a broadcast of > results when it's done: > > intent.setAction("mySpecialName"); > sendBroadcast(intent); > > Meanwhile, my main thread has a receiver defined like this: > > registerReceiver( myReceiver = new > BroadcastReceiver() { > �...@override > public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent theIntent ) > { > // process the received data > } } > , new IntentFilter("mySpecialName") ); > > But the onReceive method is not getting the message. I'm guessing I > need to do something with "mySpecialName" in the manifest or some > such. Any pointers? > > -- > 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 > -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy -- 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