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Asked: 2026-06-09T03:19:36+00:00

I’m currently working on a project where I analyze the SMS_RECEIVED-Flow. According to the

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I’m currently working on a project where I analyze the SMS_RECEIVED-Flow.

According to the article [1] I simulated the SMS_RECEIVED-Broadcast with an explicit call to the service: com.android.mms.transaction.SmsReceiverService.

The problem is, that the Android-Emulator and my Nexus do forward
the generated BroadcastReceiver to the default SMS-App only and I do not know why.

I tried to catch the Broadcast with an statically registered receiver in another App and with an dynamically registered receiver (all receiver registered with the highest priority and the correct intent-filter). Both methods work fine with a normal SMS, but not with my simulated one.

So the question is, does anybody know how the SMS-Receive mechanism work and why my program won’t receive any broadcasts.

[1] http://blog.dev001.net/post/14085892020/android-generate-incoming-sms-from-within-your-app

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    SmsRecieverService is part of default messaging app, so if you explicitly call this service, the broadcast will reach only that app. Since the SMS_RECIEVED broadcast is a protected broadcast , your app cannot broadcast it.

    One way is to change the name of the broadcast in both simulator and your app.

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