Question

I am trying to not to propagate an sms upon receiving like this

public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        abortBroadcast();
        setResultData(null);
    }
}

AndroidManifest.xml

<receiver android:name=".SMSReceiver" android:enabled="true" android:priority = "100" >
          <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" />
          </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

but this is not working. I have been looking for a fix for days now. any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

You need to set the android:priority attribute on the <intent-filter>, not the <receiver>.

e.g

<intent-filter android:priority="9999" >

Use this attribute only if you really need to impose a specific order
in which the broadcasts are received, or want to force Android to
prefer one activity over others. The value must be an integer, such as
“100”. Higher numbers have a higher priority. (The order applies only
to synchronous messages; it’s ignored for asynchronous messages.)

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/intent-filter-element.html