My BroadcastReceiver never gets called?

Question

This BroadcastReceiver is inside my fragment:

  public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    ...
    getActivity().startService(new Intent(getActivity(),LightSensor.class));
    Log.d(TAG, "Called the LightSensor Service Class to start");

    IntentFilter luxfilter = new IntentFilter("LuxUpdate");
    getActivity().getApplicationContext().registerReceiver(mLightReceiver, luxfilter);


    ...
    }

...

    // RECEIVE DATA FROM LIGHT SENSOR BROADCAST
        public BroadcastReceiver mLightReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {

            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

                String lux = intent.getStringExtra("Lux");
                Log.d(TAG, "Recieve Broadcast-Lux Update: " + lux);
                //TextView tvSensorLightLux = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvSensorLightLux);
                mLightValue.setText(lux);

            }
        };

The problem is that I do think think that it is listening or receiving. The Log.d never shows in the LogCat. I have no idea why. The only difference in this entry and another the did work, was that the previous entry was actually in an Activity. This one is in a Fragment. Am I missing something here or should there be something in my manifest for this fragment or receiver?

UPDATE:

THe Sensor sends the broadcast with:

private void sendLuxUpdate() {

        if(isLightSensing){
        Log.d(TAG, "sender Broadcasting message " + Lux);
        Intent intent = new Intent("LuxUpdate");
        intent.putExtra("Lux", Lux);
        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent);
        }
    }

Answer 1

You are doing at least 2 wrong things:

1. Register the receiver through Context.registerReceiver() and then you're sending broadcast updates through LocalBroadcastmanager. You will never get these messages. LocalBroadcastManager doesn't know about receivers registered through Context and vice-versa.
2. I don't think it's a good idea to register the receiver directly in the application context as this will leak the fragment.

So try this: register the receiver in onCreate or onResume and then unregister the same instance in the complementary method: onDestroy or onPause. Also, when registering and sending intents, use the same mechanism - either LocalBroadcastManager, either the Context based. The first one has the advantage of sending the messages only in your app.

For example, suppose your fragment is called DeviceView:

public class DeviceView extends Fragment{
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).registerReceiver(your_receiver, intent_filter);
        /// other code
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).unregisterReceiver(your_receiver);
      /// other code
    }
}