Question

I am trying to invoke a BroadcastReceiver from a service through intent.

I am calling BroadcastReceiver as follows in my service file :

    final Handler handler = new Handler();   
    final Runnable r = new Runnable()     {     
    public void run()                  {    

                // code here what ever is required  
                System.out.println("Runnnn");
                counter++;

                Intent i = new Intent();
                i.setAction("Refresh");
                Bundle b = new Bundle();
                b.putInt("Counter", counter);
                i.putExtra("Bundle", b);
                ctx.sendBroadcast(i);

                handler.postDelayed(this, 1000);     


                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "counter"+counter, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();



                }    

          };     
          handler.postDelayed(r, 1000);

onReceive() in BroadcastReceiver is as follows:

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent arg1) {
    System.out.println("OnReceiveeeeee");

    if(arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase("Refresh"))
    {
        System.out.println("Received Intent");
        Bundle b = arg1.getExtras();
        c=b.getInt("Counter");
        System.out.println("Counter in Receiver:::"+c);
    }
}

But I am getting value in onReceive as zero. How can I get right value in onReceive() method?

Answer 1

You are accessing in wrong way.

Bundle b = arg1.getExtras();

You need to access as follow.

Bundle b = intent.getBundleExtra("Bundle");

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You can alternatively write your code without using bundle also:

In Service

i.putExtra("Counter", counter);

In BroadcastReceiver

intent.getIntExtra("Counter", -1); // -1 is defalut value