In my app I listen to the phone state events(i.e call received, idle etc) using a Broadcast Receiver
. Code as below:
public class PhoneCallreceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private boolean ringing;
private boolean received;
public PhoneCallreceiver() {
}
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.v("ranjith", "enterted receiver");
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
String incomingnumber = bundle.getString(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_INCOMING_NUMBER);
String state = bundle.getString(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE);
Log.v("ranjapp", state);
if (state.equals(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE_RINGING)) {
ringing = true;
received = false;
}
}
Manifest.xml
<receiver
android:name=".PhoneCallreceiver"
android:enabled="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
My problem is I want to start the BroadCast Receiver
automatically after the device is re-booted. I have a BroadCast Receiver
to listen to boot but I am not sure how to start the PhoneCallreceiver
BroadCast receiver.
Manifest.xml
<receiver
android:name=".backend.BootStarter"
android:enabled="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Code:
public class BootStarter extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
PhoneCallreceiver callreceiver = new PhoneCallreceiver();
context.registerReceiver(callreceiver,new IntentFilter(**what to put here**));
}
}
Found the answer to my question, intentfilter action to receive phonestate is android.telephony.TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED
My updated code below:
public class BootStarter extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
PhoneCallreceiver callreceiver = new PhoneCallreceiver();
context.registerReceiver(new PhoneCallreceiver(), new IntentFilter(android.telephony.TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED));
}
}