On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Jeffrey <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got a battery widget I'm working on and I have a broadcast > receiver for when the battery status changes, but I don't know where > it needs to go. I tried putting it in the Configuration activity, but > I keep getting this error: > > Activity com.android.blah has leaked IntentReceiver com.android.blah > $2@43758c58 that was originally registered here. Are you missing a > call to unregisterReceiver()? > > Please let me know what I'm doing wrong, I'm pretty new to broadcast > receivers, so if I'm missing something basic please let me know.
I wouldn't use a broadcast receiver in this case. That would require you to keep a service running 24x7, to host the receiver, and that is bad for business. Rather, just check the battery level periodically: - via updatePeriodMillis in your metadata, or - via AlarmManager, if the 30-minute minimum for updatePeriodMillis will be too long (probably would be, in this case) To check the battery level, call registerReceiver() with the ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED IntentFilter, but a null BroadcastReceiver. The Intent that is returned to you will be the last-broadcast battery change Intent, from which you can get the last-known battery level. You can even let the user configure the polling period, to balance between accuracy and battery consumption by the battery app widget. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in London: http://bit.ly/smand1 and http://bit.ly/smand2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
