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* Once the service is done its work - it will send a response back via an Broadcast Intent
 
* Once the service is done its work - it will send a response back via an Broadcast Intent
 
** Which means we'll need to register to receive those in our activity. We'll create an IntentFilter and a BroadcastReceiver in Java and register them with LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).registerReceiver().
 
** Which means we'll need to register to receive those in our activity. We'll create an IntentFilter and a BroadcastReceiver in Java and register them with LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).registerReceiver().
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** And since our activity may not be running at this point - we'll use a [http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html Notification] to show that we got the message.
  
 
= Reading incoming SMS =
 
= Reading incoming SMS =
  
= Sending email =
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We can send a fake SMS to an emulator using telnet and receive it using a BroadcastReceiver. Follow [http://androidexample.com/Incomming_SMS_Broadcast_Receiver_-_Android_Example/index.php?view=article_discription&aid=62&aaid=87 this tutorial].

Revision as of 00:43, 10 August 2015

Services & Broadcast receivers

We're only going to look at a small subset of this topic: Intent Services.

  • We'll create an Intent Service as described here. The service overview has a little too much information.
  • Then our activity (which has to be in the same project as the service) will call one function of the service with a parameter or two.
  • Once the service is done its work - it will send a response back via an Broadcast Intent
    • Which means we'll need to register to receive those in our activity. We'll create an IntentFilter and a BroadcastReceiver in Java and register them with LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).registerReceiver().
    • And since our activity may not be running at this point - we'll use a Notification to show that we got the message.

Reading incoming SMS

We can send a fake SMS to an emulator using telnet and receive it using a BroadcastReceiver. Follow this tutorial.