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Candyman
Candyman

Reputation: 41

how to Update two Activities with BroadcastReceiver

i have two activities that i want to update with an incoming SMS message from a BroadcastReceiver. i have two layouts like this one:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <EditText
    android:id="@+id/myEditText"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
 </LinearLayout>

i do not know how to make a BroadcastReceiver so the two layouts would be updated with SMS. can you help please ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1474

Answers (2)

Yilmaz Guleryuz
Yilmaz Guleryuz

Reputation: 9735

+1 only one activity is visible at the same time, however if you want more than one activity to consume this broadcast, here is my suggestion.

both activities must register to that broadcast event. surely the active one will consume and react.

at this point add one more step

store smt in SharedPreferences, e.g. isBroadcasted = true

then

both activities onResume method must check for this value and reset to false after reacting

hope I could explain it clear enough, if not plz shout here so that I can try to attach sample code.


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Upvotes: 1

Lalit Poptani
Lalit Poptani

Reputation: 67286

Here is a complete explanation and a Demo example for How to Update the UI in an Android Activity Using Data from a Background Service

Upvotes: 1

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