Android: Not able to receive PACKAGE_REMOVED broadcast

Question

I have my receiver code

    BroadcastReceiver pkgRemoveReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            // do my stuff
        }
    };
    IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
    filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED);
    registerReceiver(pkgRemoveReceiver, filter);

So, whenever an app is removed from the device I get to do some book keeping. However, I am not able to receive the broadcast. Does the above code has any problem?

Thx! Rahul.

Answer 1

try as:

   IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
   filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED);
   filter.addDataScheme("package"); // add addDataScheme
   registerReceiver(pkgRemoveReceiver, filter);

   BroadcastReceiver pkgRemoveReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // do my stuff
        if (Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED.equals(action)) {
             Toast.makeText(context, "ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
           }
    }
};