Question

I want to ask a question.
I have make a button that starts and stops a background service.
I make a class SmsReceiver which reads an incoming sms.
So i want when the service is start to call the the Sms BroadcastReceiver.
Any ideas or any other idea how to read an sms with background service?

Answer 1

If you already have the SmsReceiver working fine,all you need to do is register it from the Service.To do that you need to override the Service‘s onCreate().

Your Service should look something like this:

public class SmsService extends Service
{
  private SmsReceiver receiver; //global so we can unregister it when the time comes.
  public void onCreate ()
  {
    super.onCreate ();//call to super
    //make a new intent filter so that all incoming SMS get to you as well
    IntentFilter smsFilter = new IntentFilter("android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED");
    receiver = new SmsReceiver(); //make a new SmsReceiver
    registerReceiver(receiver, smsFilter); //register the Receiver
  }

  public void onDestroy ()
  {
    unregisterReceiver (receiver); //unregisters the Receiver if Service is killed
    super.onDestroy();
  }
}

In the manifest, be sure to include the necessary SMS permissions and remember to also declare the Service in the manifest.

<service android:name=".SmsService" >
</service>