Piren, Thanks for your answer. After reading up on the Observer pattern as you suggested, I ended up using propertyChange listener. It seems to be a handy conduit to trigger an event in an activity from a broadcast receiver. Thanks, Gary
On Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:41:21 PM UTC-7, Piren wrote: > > An Activity, like BroadcastReceiver is a class, so you've done it before. > You just did it using existing mechanisms that make it simpler for you. > > You should read up on how to use BroadcastReceiver to send messages (it > can listen to whatever you want), though the LocalBroadcastReceiver should > be used instead. > You can also read up on the more general Observer Pattern and how to > implement it. > > On Monday, July 29, 2013 2:30:12 AM UTC+3, Gary Blakely wrote: >> >> I have a class named SMSReceiver that extends BroadcastReceiver. I >> instantiate an object of this class from the onCreate event in >> mainActivity. SMSReceiver listens for stuff and when it finds what it >> wants it needs to send a data message back to the Activity and trigger some >> event in the activity that will handle it. SMSReceiver has to stay >> instantiated as long as the app is running. >> >> I've googled around all over but can't seem to find anything that works. >> I have done a lot of messaging between services and activities but never >> from a class back to the activity that instantiated it. I see a lot of >> info on using intents to do this but nothing that would accomplish what I >> need to do. >> >> What is the best way to accomplish this? >> Thanks, >> Gary >> >> -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
