Question

I Want to create a log user activity when android phone/Tablet get connected to PC with date and time

I searched a lot for that I am not able to find how to catch usb connection event

I have implemented the log4j for logging exception and steps of phone user.But I am unable to log anything regarding PC connection.

Please Help me.
Thanks

Answer 1

You can use the following receiver, android.intent.action.UMS_CONNECTED

<receiver android:name="org.usbcheck.USBReceiver" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.UMS_CONNECTED" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.UMS_DISCONNECTED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

For Logging

public class USBReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    public Context _context;



    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {


        if (intent.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(
                "android.intent.action.UMS_CONNECTED")) {

                Log.d("Connected", "Log Message");

        }

        else if (intent.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(
                "android.intent.action.UMS_DISCONNECTED")) {

                Log.d("DisConnected", "Log Message");

        }

    }

}

The main problem while checking android.intent.action.ums_connected is
that devices using the MTP protocol (such as the Samsung Nexus Galaxy)
don’t receive this broadcast.

source : Android: Detecting USB

alternatively check for charging in case device has usb charging mode

// How are we charging?
int chargePlug = battery.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);
boolean usbCharge = chargePlug == BATTERY_PLUGGED_USB;
boolean acCharge = chargePlug == BATTERY_PLUGGED_AC;

source: http://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/battery-monitoring.html