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Android Intents and Broadcast Receivers Broadcast Receivers Creating a Receiver in Code

Posted by Tom herris
Tom herris
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Oh, and don't forget to unregister the receiver, too! Remember, most things we do in onResume() have a corollary in onPa

Oh, and don't forget to unregister the receiver, too! Remember, most things we do in onResume() have a corollary in onPause(). :)

TimeTravelActivity.java 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;

public class TimeTravelActivity extends Activity {

  public String targetYear;

  private NetworkConnectionReceiver receiver = new NetworkConnectionReceiver();
  @Override protected void onResume(){ 
    super.onResume(); 
   IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter("android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE");
  registerReceiver(receiver, filter);

  } 
  @Override protected void onPause(){ 
    super.onPause(); 


  }

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_time_travel);

    Intent intent = getIntent();
    targetYear = intent.getStringExtra("EXTRA_YEAR");
    EnergySource source = (EnergySource)intent.getParcelableExtra("EXTRA_ENERGY");
  }
}