On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:32 PM, longingtoadopt.com <anil.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why is there no registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver) call?
Because it would be totally meaningless. > The API call > requires an IntentFilter also. All broadcast receivers, whether registered via registerReceiver() or via the manifest, need an Intent filter to stipulate what broadcasts they are listening to. > Is the API not in sync with what can be > specified through the manifest? (IntentFilter not mandatory there). While the <intent-filter> may not be technically mandatory there, having a <receiver> element with no <intent-filter> is pointless, since the BroadcastReceiver will never be used. > Anyway, I am not able to get the alert happen with explicitly > specifying the component. You failed to make your inner class be static. You cannot reference non-static inner classes in the manifest, because Android has no way of creating an instance of that non-static inner class. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 2.2 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
