in android proximity alert fired even if the proccess who created it terminated?

In my app at some point i create a proximity alert like this:

m_LocationManager.addProximityAlert(lat, lon,  radius, PROXMITY_ALERT_EXPIRATION_TIME, m_PendingIntent);

at some point the procces of my app gets terminated by android, i implement these two methods:

public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState)
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState)

but my alert doesnt fired.., my guess is that i need to move the code that creates the alert to a service.

this is the code for setting the alert:

IntentFilter intentFilter = new IntentFilter("PROX_ALERT_INTENT"); 
    m_NotificationAlertReciever_BroadcastReciever = new NotificationAlertReciever_BroadcastReciever(m_myLocationListener, this);
    registerReceiver(m_NotificationAlertReciever_BroadcastReciever, intentFilter);

    Intent intent = new Intent("PROX_ALERT_INTENT");
    intent.putExtra("lat", lat);
    intent.putExtra("lng", lon);
    intent.putExtra("place", place);

    m_PendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, -1, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);   

    this.m_LocationManager.addProximityAlert(lat, lon,  radius, PROXMITY_ALERT_EXPIRATION_TIME, m_PendingIntent);

can sombody approve that or give other advice.

thanks in advance, Amitos80

Solution

The problem is that your BroadcastReceiver is dynamically created from within your activity by using registerReceiver.

If you want your process to be re-launched when the proximity alert fires then you must declare the receiver in the AndroidManifest like this:

<receiver android:name=".MyBroadcastReceiver">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="PROX_ALERT_INTENT/>
  </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Now when the proximity alert is fired, if the process doesn't exist it will be started and MyBroadcastReceiver.onReceive will be invoked.

Note that using the <receiver> tag like this isn't possible if your receiver is defined as a nested class in your activity (which is often done so the receiver has direct access to methods and data in the activity). With a standalone receiver you're pretty much limited to displaying a notification or starting a service.

Also note that the PROX_ALERT_INTENT action should really include the application package as a prefix, e.g my.app.PROX_ALERT_INTENT. Not required but it's a convention to keep your actions specific to your app.