Instead of declaring BroadcastReceiver
in manifest try as follows within your activity, That will tie it with Activity
life cycle (Don't forget to add permissions in manifest file) :
public class ExampleMainActivity extends Activity {
//Activity Stuff
private BroadcastReceiver broadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, final Intent intent) {
//Do things you want with message.
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);
builder.setTitle("Title");
builder.setMessage("You may add your things here");
builder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
});
builder.show();
}
};
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
// OR YOU CAN REGISTER UNREGISTER AS YOU WANT
this.registerReceiver(broadcastReceiver, new IntentFilter(
"android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED"));
};
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
// OR YOU CAN REGISTER UNREGISTER AS YOU WANT
this.unregisterReceiver(broadcastReceiver);
}
}
Edit :
You can check this alternating solution using application preferences :
package gates.apps.automaticmessageresponder;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ComponentName;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
public void register(View view){
SharedPreferences preferences = context.getSharedPreferences("FILE_NAME", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
Editor edit = preferences.edit();
edit.putBoolean("isRegistered", true);
edit.commit();
Log.e("register","pressed");
}
public void unRegister(View view){
SharedPreferences preferences = context.getSharedPreferences("FILE_NAME", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
Editor edit = preferences.edit();
edit.putBoolean("isRegistered", false);
edit.commit();
Log.e("unregister","pressed");
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
And
package gates.apps.automaticmessageresponder;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsManager;
import android.telephony.SmsMessage;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class SmsReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
// Get the object of SmsManager
final SmsManager sms = SmsManager.getDefault();
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// Retrieves a map of extended data from the intent.
final Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
try {
if (bundle != null) {
final Object[] pdusObj = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
for (int i = 0; i < pdusObj.length; i++) {
SmsMessage currentMessage = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdusObj[i]);
String phoneNumber = currentMessage.getDisplayOriginatingAddress();
String senderNum = phoneNumber;
String message = currentMessage.getDisplayMessageBody();
Log.i("SmsReceiver", "senderNum: "+ senderNum + "; message: " + message);
SharedPreferences preferences = context.getSharedPreferences("FILE_NAME", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
boolean isRegistered = preferences.getBoolean("isRegistered", false);
if(isRegistered ) {
// Show alert
int duration = Toast.LENGTH_LONG;
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, "senderNum: "+ senderNum + ",
message: " + message, duration);
toast.show();
}
} // end for loop
} // bundle is null
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("SmsReceiver", "Exception smsReceiver" +e);
}
}
}