It is nothing complicated. It is just the last Intent that was sent with sendStickBroadcast() that matches the IntentFilter you are using. (If there are multiple matches, it is randomly one of them.)
That said, I would generally discourage third party apps from using sticky broadcasts. You can accomplish the same thing other ways, and they are generally cleaner. On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:49 PM, AndroidDevTime <androiddevd...@gmail.com>wrote: > ok, so I can use sendStickyBroadcast(). Just wondered how much I > know about the delivery of the latest broadcast that I get back this > way. Is there any way to know if it was processed? or do I need to > send a confirmation broadcast? What do I know for sure about the > broadcast that i get back from registerReceiver(null, Intent). Was > this the last Intent that was sucessfully delivered to all broadcast > receivers, or was it the last one that where sendStickBroadcast was > called? > > On Feb 5, 7:27 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > It only works for a broadcast that is sent with sendStickyBroadcast(). > > > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:08 PM, AndroidDevTime <androiddevd...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have seen registerReceiver(null, Intent) can be used to get last > > > System level broadcast values such as battery level. Does this also > > > work for custom application Intents? Lets say I have an application > > > Intent called SetOrder and I broadcast this Intent. Using > > > registerReceiver(null, SetOrder) can I get last SetOrder broadcast? > > > How does one know if it was really the last one, it it was received > > > and processed? How can you confirm that it was really handed > > > somewhere by a broadcast receiver? Thanks > > > > > -- > > > 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< > android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > -- > 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 > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
