There isn't a way that I am aware of.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:20 PM, k kruups <kkru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dianne,
>
> Thank you for quick response. Given that this is not supported,
>
> What would be the appropriate method to capture email/sms for non-gmail
> and gmail data transactions?
>
> Example mail fields to/from, subject, date, attachments included or not,
> etc...
> Regards,
>
> kk
>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* android-framework@googlegroups.com [mailto:
>> android-framew...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Dianne Hackborn
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:32 AM
>> *To:* android-framework@googlegroups.com
>> *Subject:* Re: BroadcastReceiver and Google Services Inquiry
>>
>> PROVIDER_CHANGED is usually -only- used for updating the new mail status
>> bar icon. It is not intended for generally monitoring a provider.
>>
>> Also the Gmail provider schema is not public (not even part of the
>> platform at all), so you can't write code against it and expect it to
>> continue to work in the future.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:11 AM, kkruups <kkru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have been working on BroadcastReceiver code to capture GMAIL events
>>> and try to extract data to create an email event log.
>>>
>>> Although the registration of the BroadcastReceiver using
>>> Intent.PROVIDER_CHANGED for gmail appears to be correctly formed and
>>> no exceptions are generated. I have my doubts whether the receiver is
>>> able to capture gmail event for Intent.PROVIDER_CHANGED, generated
>>> when unread email is available, since code in my BroadcastReceiver is
>>> never activated. Upon reading the BroadcastReciever API docs (see
>>> excerpt below) I see that BroadcastReceivers are not designed to
>>> capture intents used with startActivity() and that BroadcastReceivers
>>> only receive intents generated from a sendBroadcast() method call.
>>> For your reference see my code snippets below.
>>>
>>> Is the BroadcastReceiver mechanism not the appropriate method to
>>> capture email/gmail/sms events?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BroadcastReceiver code is the following:
>>>
>>> public class EmailReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
>>> /**
>>> *
>>> */
>>>
>>> String TAG= "MY_TAG:RECEIVER";
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
>>> //
>>> Log.i(TAG, "Action=" + intent.getAction());
>>> if (Intent.ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED.equals
>>> (intent.getAction
>>> ())) {
>>> Uri dataURI= intent.getData();
>>> String dataURIPath=dataURI.getPath();
>>> Log.i(TAG, dataURIPath);
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> BroadcastReceiver code registration for gmail is the following:
>>> //
>>>
>>> @override
>>> public void onCreate(Bundle b){
>>> ....
>>>
>>> EmailReceiver myMailReceiver = new EmailReceiver();
>>>
>>> ......
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> public void onResume(){
>>> super.onResume();
>>>
>>> try{
>>> IntentFilter mailFilter = new IntentFilter
>>> ( Intent.ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED, "content://gmail-ls/unread/^i");
>>> // IntentFilter mailFilter = new IntentFilter
>>> ( Intent.ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED, "gmail-ls");
>>> registerReceiver( myMailReceiver, mailFilter);
>>> Log.i(myMailReceiver.TAG, "MailReceiver registered");
>>> }catch(Exception e){
>>> Log.e(myMailReceiver.TAG, "Intent Filter malformed");
>>> }
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>> Excerpt from BroadcastReceiver Doc:
>>>
>>> Base class for code that will receive intents sent by sendBroadcast
>>> ().
>>> ........
>>> ........
>>>
>>> Note that, although the Intent class is used for sending and receiving
>>> these broadcasts, the Intent broadcast mechanism here is completely
>>> separate from Intents that are used to start Activities with
>>> Context.startActivity(). There is no way for a BroadcastReceiver to
>>> see or capture Intents used with startActivity(); likewise, when you
>>> broadcast an Intent, you will never find or start an Activity. These
>>> two operations are semantically very different: starting an Activity
>>> with an Intent is a foreground operation that modifies what the user
>>> is currently interacting with; broadcasting an Intent is a background
>>> operation that the user is not normally aware of.
>>>
>>> .........
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> KK
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>
--
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.
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